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The Anti-Federalist Party
It was founded in 1787. The Anti-Federalists, in early U.S. history, a loose political coalition of popular politicians, such as Patrick Henry, who unsuccessfully opposed the strong central government envisioned in the U.S. Constitution of 1787 and whose agitations led to the addition of a Bill of Rights. -
The Federalist Party
It was founded in 1791. Influential public leaders who accepted the Federalist label included John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Rufus King, John Marshall, Timothy Pickering, and Charles Cotesworth Pinckney. All had agitated for a new and more effective constitution in 1787. -
The Democratic-Republican Party
It was founded in 1792. The Democratic-Republican Party, also referred to as the Jeffersonian Republican Party and known at the time under various other names, was an American political party founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in the early 1790s that championed republicanism, agrarianism, political equality, and expansionism. -
The Jacksonian Democrats
They were founded in 1825. It emerged when the long-dominant Democratic-Republican Party became factionalized around the 1824 United States presidential election. -
The Modern Democrats
It was founded in 1828. The Democratic Party is one of the two major, contemporary political parties in the United States. It was founded in 1828 by supporters of Andrew Jackson, making it the world's oldest active political party. Since the 1860s, its main political rival has been the Republican Party. -
The Modern Republicans
It was founded in 1854. The Republican Party also referred to as the GOP, is one of the two major, contemporary political parties in the United States, along with its main historic rival, the Democratic Party. -
The Party of Lincoln (Republicans)
The Party of Lincoln, also known as the National Union Party, was the temporary name used by the Republican Party and elements of other parties for the national ticket in the 1864 presidential election that was held during the Civil War. For the most part, state Republican parties did not change their name. -
The Roosevelt Democrats
The Roosevelt Democrats, also known as the New Deal Coalition, was an American political coalition that supported the Democratic Party from 1932 until the late 1960s. The coalition is named after President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs and was composed of voting blocs who supported Roosevelt's response to the Great Depression.