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Democratic Republican Party

United States · Politics / Democratic Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1791–1794Date range
1Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1791

James Madison1791

Politics / Democratic Party

Madison and Thomas Jefferson organize what they called the republican party (later called the Democratic Republican Party) in opposition to key policies of the Federalists, especially the national bank and the Jay Treaty

1794

James Madison1794

Politics / Democratic Party

To oppose the Federalists, Madison and Jefferson organize the Democratic Republican Party. Madison leads the unsuccessful attempt to block Alexander Hamiltons proposed Bank of the United States, arguing the new Constitution did not explicitly allow the federal Government to form a bank. All across the country, voters divided for and against the Jay Treaty and other key issues, and thus became Federalists or Democratic Republicans

Names involved

James Madison

Provenance

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