Title: Federalists vs Democratic Republicans - Difference Between
Headings: Difference between Federalists and Democratic Republicans
Difference between Federalists and Democratic Republicans
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A portrait of Alexander Hamilton, the founder of the Federalists party, by John Trumbull, 1806
A portrait of Thomas Jefferson, the founder of the Democratic-Republican Party, while in London in 1786, by Mather Brown
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Difference between Federalists and Democratic Republicans
Difference between Federalists and Democratic Republicans
Updated on February 24, 2018
The Democratic-Republican Party and the Federalist Party were the two American political parties that opposed each other from the end of the 18th century to the beginning of the 19th century. The founder of the American financial system, Alexander Hamilton, received opposition to the financial plan he proposed which mainly came from one of the American Founding Fathers, Thomas Jefferson. As a result of this, the two parties emerged, which were led by Hamilton (Federalists) and Jefferson (Democratic-Republicans), hence the occasional titles of the two- Hamiltonians and Jeffersonians. In this article we will examine the differences between the two parties. Contents [ hide]
1 Definitions
2 Federalists vs Democratic Republicans
3 Comparison chart
Definitions
A portrait of Alexander Hamilton, the founder of the Federalists party, by John Trumbull, 1806
While the Federalist Party was the first official political party in the history of the United States of America, it actually had two versions: The 1780s version: Federalists favored the ratification of the U.S. Constitution and were for a stronger central government. At this time they were not a political party. Key figures among federalists at that time were John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison. Together they were the authors of The Federalist Papers.