Two-Party system Timeline

  • Federalists v. antifederalists

    At the first Constitutional Convention we had the federalists v. the anti.
  • Democratic-Republicans

    People had had enough of the Federalist party, so led my Thomas jefferson, opposers fromed this party.
  • Modern Democrats

    Traces its history to Thomas Jefferson and other opponents of the Federalists.
  • Jacksonian Democrats

    Andrew Jackson formed the first Democratic party.
  • Party of Lincoln

    Anti slavery whigs led by Abe Lincoln formed the first republican party.
  • Modern Republicans

    founded in northern states by anti-slaves activists
  • Roosevelt Democrats

    FDR strongly influenced American liberism was the kind of creator of this party.