Federalist Party
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The Federalist Party was a conservative and nationalist American political party and the first known political party in the United States. It dominated the national government under the leadership of
A portrait of Alexander Hamilton by John Trumbull, 1806
Gilbert Stuart, John Adams, c. 1800–1815
President Thomas Jefferson (1801–1809)
President James Madison (1809–1817)
Democratic-Republican Party
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The Democratic-Republican Party, known at the time as the Republican Party, was an American political party founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in the early 1790s. It championed liberalism,
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…in the United States. It dominated the national government under the leadership of Alexander Hamilton from 1789 to 1801. The party was defeated by the Democratic-Republican Party in 1800, and it became a minority party while keeping its stronghold in New England. It made a brief resurgence by opposing the War of 1812, then…
Albert Gallatin served as Secretary of the Treasury under Presidents Jefferson and Madison.
Henry Clay