Democratic-Republican Party

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Political party, United States
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Democratic-Republican Party, originally (1792–98) Republican Party, first opposition political party in the United States. Organized in 1792 as the Republican Party, its members held power nationally between 1801 and 1825. It was the direct antecedent of the present Democratic Party.

Jefferson, Thomas [Credit: Courtesy of the White House Collection, Washington, D.C.]Jefferson, ThomasCourtesy of the White House Collection, Washington, D.C.During the two administrations of President George Washington (1789–97), many former Anti-Federalists—who had resisted adoption of the new federal Constitution (1787)—began to unite in opposition to the fiscal program of Alexander Hamilton, secretary of the treasury. After Hamilton and other proponents of a strong central government and a loose interpretation of the Constitution formed the Federalist Party in 1791, ... (100 of 772 words)