They resented Federalist monetary policies, which they believed gave advantages to the upper class. In foreign policy, the Republicans leaned toward France, which had supported the American cause ...

The country’s two political parties – the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans – were increasingly hostile to one another, and the young nation was sinking deeper into a foreign policy crisis ...

The Presidential election of 1800 ended in a tie, as the two Democratic- Republican candidates, Thomas Jefferson and Aaron ...

In1824 there was a realignment after a controversial election gave John Quincy Adams the presidency. For one, Adams led a more centrist wing of the Democratic Republicans which had absorbed most of ...

Two senior federal judges, both appointed by Republican presidents, have spoken out against threats of violence and ...