History of Political Parties Project

  • Anti-Federalists

    Anti-Federalists

    The Anti-Federalists were mainly worried about the amount of power that was entrusted to the national government at the expense of states. In short, they opposed the idea of a strong central government in 1787. Its key leaders were Patrick Henry, James Winthrop, Melancton Smith, and George Mason. The dissolve of the anti-federalists group was in the year of 1792.
  • Federalists

    Federalists

    Federalists wanted a strong central government. They accepted that having a strong government was important if the states planned to gather as one to shape a country. The Federalists then ceased operations in 1824. The key leaders of this movement were John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Rufus King, John Marshall, Timothy Pickering, and Charles Cotesworth Pinckney.
  • Democratic-Republican

    Democratic-Republican

    The Democratic-Republican Party was an American ideological group shaped by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in 1791 to go against the centralizing policies of the new Federalist Party run by Alexander Hamilton. The spilt of the Democratic-Republican party ended up happening in 1834.
  • Democratic

    Democratic

    During the 1820s new states entered the association, casting ballot laws were loose, and a few states passed an enactment that accommodated the immediate presidential elector's voters by citizens. These progressions split the Democratic-Republicans into factions that made them turn into separate parties. The founding fathers of the Democratic party were Andrew Jackson; Martin Van Buren. To this day the Democratic party stills stand.
  • Whigs

    Whigs

    The Whig Party was framed during the 1830s by the association of diverse factions that went against the policies of President Andrew Jackson and the Democratic Party. Many upheld Henry Clay, a defender of interior enhancements, defensive taxes, and a public bank. The Whig Party dissolved in the year of 1854
  • Know-Nothing

    Know-Nothing

    Know-Nothing party, by name of American Party, U.S. ideological group that prospered during the 1850s. It was an outcome of the strong anti-immigrant and particularly hostile to Roman Catholic opinion that began to show itself during the 1840s. Its key leader was Lewis Charles Levin. The party was dissolved in 1860.
  • Free Soiler

    Free Soiler

    The party was made on account of the discussion over slavery. The main key leaders were Martin Van Buren Salmon P. Chase, John P. Hale. The reason behind its dissolve was Presidental candidate, John Hale, received 5% of the vote. Because of this measly performance, the party was then abandoned in 1854.
  • Republican

    Republican

    The Republican Party arose in 1854 to battle the Kansas–Nebraska Act and the extension of slavery into American domains. Its forefront leader was John Quincy Adams. The Republican Party still stands to this day therefore it is not dissolved.
  • Populist

    Populist

    In the late nineteenth century, the Populist Party emerged out of agrarian financial and political dissent. Subsequently, as most outsiders in America, the Populists neglected to win decisions, however, in time accomplished large numbers of their objectives. Its key leaders were James B. Weaver Thomas E. Watson. The reason it dissolved in 1908 was that they were pushing secret voting ballots in the 1896 election.
  • Progressive Party

    Progressive Party

    The Progressive Party gathered for the 1924 presidential election race by forces disappointed with the moderate perspectives and projects of the Democrats and Republicans. The forefront leaders for this party were Theodore Roosevelt, Robert M. La Follette, Charles Evans Hughes, and Herbert Hoover. The reason for its dissolve was when La Follette had passed that following year.