Democratic-Republican Party
The Democratic- Republican Party was born in the early years of the United States of America as the Republican Party ( not to be confused with the modern Republicans ). As Thomas Jefferson had belonged to her and a great influence on their program, they are also called Jefferson Republican.
Had its origin in the party groupings of the anti - Federalists and the Anti- Administration Party, which is to oppose a too strong central government for the young United States, because she feared for the rights of the individual states and individual citizens. After George Washington and the Federalist President John Adams, Thomas Jefferson was the first president of the Democratic - Republicans. After the collapse of the Federalist Party, the Democratic- Republican Party was at times the only major party. James Monroe had 1820 virtually no opponents. In the 1824 presidential election Andrew Jackson was indeed the most votes, but not an absolute majority. The House of Representatives that the President selects the three candidates with the most votes in such cases, John Quincy Adams certain president. This process led to a permanent rift within the party between Jackson and Adams ' supporters. A little later the party broke up into the still existing Democratic Party, the Jacksonians, who was eventually elected President in 1828, and the National Republican Party, his opponents.