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Democratic-Republican Party

1792–1825 · 18th century · Also known as Jeffersonian Republicans

The Democratic-Republican Party was an American political party founded in the early 1790s by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in opposition to Alexander Hamilton's Federalists. Favouring states' rights, agrarian interests and a strict reading of the Constitution, it held the presidency from 1801 to 1825 and then split into factions, from one of which the Democratic Party emerged.

Democratic-Republican Party
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Democratic-Republican Party. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/democratic-republican-party
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