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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A political party in the United States that was opposed to the Federalist Party and was founded by Thomas Jefferson in 1792 and dissolved in 1828.
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The Jeffersonian Republican Party – better known as the Democratic-Republican Party – evolved in the 1790s, during the early days of George Washington's presidency.
History of American Women Maggiemac 2009
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Adams was a Federalist, but his vice president, Thomas Jefferson, was a member of what was called the Democratic-Republican Party and had landed the vice presidency thanks to a since-discarded rule that gave the number-two slot to the runner-up in electoral votes.
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Jackson, Roosevelt Thomas Jefferson founded their party in 1793 at the start of the Democratic-Republican Party was a political party established during the 1790's under the leadership of Thomas Jefferson and
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Jefferson (along with James Madison, strangely enough) founded what was originally called the Democratic-Republican Party (today, it is just called the Democratic Party) in opposition to Alexander Hamilton's Federalist Party (today, it is called the Republican Party or the GOP).
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Of course you know Jefferson's party was the Democratic-Republican Party.
Polls: Hillary Holds General Election Leads In Upper Midwest 2009
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I used to have a quote from Jefferson's Democratic-Republican Party paper on the day George Washington died.
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Jefferson and Burr's Democratic-Republican Party had figured out the best way to vote to put the two candidates in their respective offices.
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Gerrymandering: Gerrymandering, Geographic information system, Democratic-Republican Party, Voting system, Plurality voting system, Boundary Commissions ...
Warming to Palin 2008
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In fact, the modern Democratic Party dates only to 1828; its predecessor, Jefferson's Democratic-Republican Party, to 1792.
Moose Jews Can Use 2008
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These laws were designed to silence and weaken the Democratic-Republican Party.
That power-grabbing President. Ann Althouse 2007
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