The early Republicans were against the spread of slavery into the western terriotories. The party was formed on March 20,1854. The party dominated the Presidency until Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected in 1933.
the republican party
democratic-republican
Democratic-Republican
The supporters of Jackson became the democrats. The supporters of Adams became the National Republicans. The two-party system created with the election of 1828 were National Republican and Democratic Republican.
Northern Protestants
northern protestants
The supporters of Jackson became the democrats. The supporters of Adams became the National Republicans. The two-party system created with the election of 1828 were National Republican and Democratic Republican.
northern protestants
Business and commercial interests protestants
The Grand old Party or GOP
Theodore Roosevelt. When he failed to wrest the Republican presidential nomination away from Taft, Roosevelt and his supporters quit the Republican party and started their own party, so Roosevelt could run for president anyway.
Kentucky Senator Henry Clay was the National Republican Party candidate. This party lasted from 1830-1834. The Party consisted of John Quincy Adams supporters and former Federalists. They were aligned against Andrew Jackson.