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Democratic-Republican Party
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Dem·o·crat·ic-Re·pub·li·can Party (dm-krtk-r-pbl-kn)
n.
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.
Democratic-Republican Party
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(Historical Terms) US history the antifederalist party originally led by Thomas Jefferson, which developed into the modern Democratic Party
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Noun1.Democratic-Republican Party - a former major political party in the United States in the early 19th century; opposed the old Federalist party; favored a strict interpretation of the constitution in order to limit the powers of the federal government
party, political party - an organization to gain political power; "in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level"
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Rivaling the Jacksonian Democrats in the power struggle, it was compelled to abandon the politics of deference, vying for popular support indispensable for party politics and co-opting David Crockett as their popular hero.
Alexander Saxton. The Rise and Fall of the White Republic: Class ... by Murayama, Kiyohiko / African American Review
It leads Ackerman to seriously understate the severe damage that Jacksonian Democrats (and their last champion, Stephen Douglas), Andrew Johnson, and the Supreme Court (during what he calls the "consolidation" phase of Reconstruction, a period better labeled as Reconstruction's demolition) inflicted upon the moral legitimacy of the system.
Legitimating Reconstruction: the limits of legalism by Smith, Rogers M. / Yale Law Journal
And, according to Cherny, these beliefs were as rooted in his evangelical Protestantism as they were in the writings of Jefferson and the political rhetoric of Jacksonian Democrats.
The righteous cause: the life of William Jennings Bryan by McKenzie, William P. / Washington Monthly
 
 
 
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