Talk:Democratic-Republican Party

Party name

The historians who specialize in this period all call this party the "Republicans." The phrase "Democratic-Republican Party" arose in the 1870s, long after the party disappeared. It's helpful in overview histories that don't have the space to explain that Jefferson's Republican Party isn't the same party as Lincoln's. But I think that's a poor reason to use a made-up name. In his inaugeral address, Jefferson said, “We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists” -- nothing about Democratic-Republicans. I suggest moving this article to "Jeffersonian Republicans." Here is an ngram. PeterKa 08:43, 1 September 2014 (EDT)