Democratic-Republican

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A Democratic-Republican is a member of the Democratic-Republican political party of the early 19th century. Founded upon Thomas Jefferson's interpretation of the Constitution, the Democratic-Republican party (often shortened to simply the "Republican Party"), was one of America's first major political parties. It's competition was the Federalist Party, based off of Alexander Hamilton's interpretation of the Constitution.

The Democratic Republicans feared a powerful government. Their beliefs erred much more to the democratic side; they believed in the importance of individual liberty and restriction of federal power. Though it was often called the "Republican Party" for short, it was not the base for today's Republican Party. In fact, it was actually the base for the modern day Democratic party. (The modern day Republican Party was started years later by Abraham Lincoln).

Though it outlived its competition (the Federalist Party died off shortly after Alexander Hamilton's death in 1795), the Democratic-Republican party only lasted up until the 1820s. There were three Democratic-Republican presidents: Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe and James Madison.