Whig Party

One of the first political parties to come into being (for America). From the mid 1790s to 1816, Federalist held the majority, and the party itself would endure until the 1820s. The Federalists controlled the central government until 1801. Between 1789-1797 it was constructed with the backing of investors and agents keeping in mind the end goal to backing Hamilton's monetary approaches. These supporters developed into the Federalist Party focused on a financially solid and nationalistic…

The Republican Party was formed in 1854 by former members of the “Whig Democratic” and “Free Soil” parties who chose the party’s name to recall the Jeffersonian Republican’s concern with the national interest. The Republican Party is a more conservative while Democrats are more liberal. The Democratic Party was formed in 1790 as a group of Thomas Jefferson’s supporters. They demonstrated their beliefs in the principle of popular government and their opposition to monarchism. Democrats won every…

The Democratic party is one of the two major parties, the other being the Republican Party. It is a party whose core values and interests have changed over time. Its existence amounts for more than two centuries; the Democratic Party’s history is moderately stable compared to the Republican Party. Its largest following is that of minorities, it supports big government and is associated with liberal social policies. The party fights for civil rights of minorities, organized labour, and…

either social, economic, or political decisions. It has continually changed since it’s founding in America. Politics came as a result of the transgressions committed and the white male sufferage. As more white males won the right to vote and political parties came more organized, the aspect of American politics changed. The early politics of America was very chaotic which in turn bred feelings of discontent with politicians. American politics was in a sense more democratic, however in another…

political dynamics during the Jacksonian era. Jackson, the Democratic-Republican candidate, was the defender of democracy and the military commander during this election. His political philosophy was to have greater democracy for the common man. As the Whig candidate, Clay’s campaign…

This may be true, however there has always been a deep divide in the country going all the way back to the nation’s founding. As we look at the “age of Jackson”, we see a contentious divide between Democrats, led and founded by Jackson, and the Whigs party, which Henry Clay represented . Both men, Jackson and Clay held very different views and ideas of the role of democracy, capitalism and the power of the federal government. Andrew Jackson was a war hero and the seventh president of the United…

Lincoln beat William Seward in the party's nomination After his debates with Lincoln, Douglass was alienated from the southern democrats and the democratic party was united at the convention. Douglass won the convention but many southern delegates gathered and nominated John Breckinridge as their candidate for the Southern Democratic Party. Another group, the Constitutional union, formed…

system. When Victorian reign took place, the first prime minster is she appointed was Whig politician Viscount Melbourne although the Whigs had a great influence in the British politics during 1860s, they were still sidelined by the liberal party. Edward Smith Stanley of the Whig was the last prime minster who resigned in 1868 and after that politics of England was dominated by the liberals and conservative party. At a time when England was evolving politically and socially Queen Victorian close…

his neglect of the liberties of women and African Americans. These decisions of Jacksonian Democrats, throughout the 1820s and 1830s, do not reflect any of the claimed. Jacksonian Democrats were supporters of Andrew Jackson’s political views. The party placed an emphasis on obtaining greater political representation and advantage for what was expressed as the common man. As Andrew Jackson believed that the United States had a right to expand into existing Native territories, this was also one of…

The essays on Adams, Madison and Jefferson are interesting in that they show some of the nuances of the "first" party system. Wood notes that the federalists and republicans were not modern parties in any meaning of the word. The federalists considered themselves the government, and considered the republicans to be subversive elements challenging the government (this was particularly interesting in context of the sedition acts, which the federalists thought was legitimate to protect the…