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Jefferson Resignation
Dissatisfied with President George Washington's foreign and domestic policies, Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson resigns. The split between Jefferson and Washington will lead to the growth of the first American political parties. -
Jefferson Defeats Adams
Republican Thomas Jefferson defeats Federalist John Adams for the presidency. -
Andrew Jackson Elected
Andrew Jackson is elected President of the United States by a coalition of southern, western, and mid-Atlantic voters. This coalition, soon labeled the Democratic Party, is committed to a small federal government, an agrarian economy, and western expansion through the relocation of Native Americans to lands west of the Mississippi River. -
Lincoln First Republican President
Abraham Lincoln is elected President of the United States as a candidate of the recently formed Republican Party. Opposed to the expansion of slavery into western territories coveted by northern farmers.