Jeffersonian Republicans

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Jeffersonian Republicans Soundex Code J162

a.k.a. Democratic-Republican Party

It was the second political party in the United States, and was organized by then United States Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson and his friend and compatriot James Madison, (then serving in the United States House of Representatives) in 1791-93, to oppose the Federalist Party run by United States Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton.