▁States ▁featured ▁the ▁Federal ist ▁Party ▁and ▁the ▁Democratic - Rep ublic an ▁Party ▁( also ▁called ▁" J eff erson ian ▁Republican "). ▁The ▁Federal ist ▁Party ▁grew ▁from ▁the ▁national ▁network ▁of ▁Washington ' s ▁Secretary ▁of ▁the ▁Tre as ury , ▁Alexander ▁Hamilton , ▁who ▁fav ored ▁a ▁strong ▁un ited ▁central ▁government , ▁close ▁t ies ▁to ▁Britain , ▁a ▁central ized ▁bank ing ▁system , ▁and ▁close ▁links ▁between ▁the ▁government ▁and ▁men ▁of ▁wealth . ▁ ▁The ▁Democratic - Rep ublic an ▁Party ▁was ▁founded ▁by ▁Mad ison ▁and ▁Thomas ▁Jefferson , ▁who ▁strongly ▁opposed ▁Hamilton ' s ▁ag enda . ▁The ▁Jefferson ians ▁came ▁to ▁power ▁in ▁ 1 8 0 0 ▁and ▁the ▁Federal ists ▁were ▁too ▁el it ist ▁to ▁comp ete ▁effectively . ▁The ▁Federal ists ▁surv ived ▁in ▁the ▁N ortheast , ▁but ▁their ▁ref us al ▁to ▁support ▁the ▁War ▁of ▁ 1 8 1 2 ▁ver ged ▁on ▁se cess ion ▁and ▁was ▁a ▁dev ast ating ▁blow ▁when ▁the ▁war ▁ended ▁well . ▁The ▁Era ▁of ▁Good ▁Fe el ings ▁under ▁President ▁James ▁Mon roe ▁( 1 8 1 6 – 1 8 2 4 ) ▁marked ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁First ▁Party ▁System ▁and ▁a ▁brief ▁period ▁in ▁which ▁part is ans hip ▁was ▁minimal . ▁ ▁Second ▁Party ▁System : ▁ 1 8 2 8 – 1 8 5 4 ▁ ▁The ▁Second ▁Party ▁System ▁operated ▁from ▁about ▁ 1 8 2 8 ▁to ▁ 1 8