National Republican Party
History: The Demise of the Democratic-Republican Party
John Quincy Adams
was the last president of the
Democratic-Republican
Party and his presidency spanned from 1825-1829. What caused the
formation of the National Republican party? It was formed when the Democratic-Republicans
split into two political parties during the John Quincy Adams
presidency, at
first over
the issue of national defense. The first group consisted of
Democratic-Republicans organized by Martin Van Buren and led by
Andrew Jackson. Andrew Jackson's Democratic-Republican supporters dropped the word "Republican"
from their name and simply called themselves Democrats. The second
group of Democratic-Republicans, led by John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay,
adopted National Republicans as their name.
National Republican Party
History: When was the National Republican Party established?
The National
Republican Party
was established when John Quincy Adams overwhelmingly lost the 1828
presidential election and Andrew Jackson was elected President. The supporters of Henry Clay went
into opposition and the use of the term "National Republican Party"
dates from this time.
National Republican
Party Beliefs and National Republican
Party Platform
The National
Republican Party was a
coalition of different groups who were united in their opposition to
President Andrew Jackson and the
Democrats. This coalition of factions that formed the National
Republican Party included supporters of John Quincy Adams, advocates of States'
Rights, supporters of the old
Federalists
and a strong National government, supporters of the
Henry Clay American System,
the Nullifiers (refer to the
Nullification
Crisis), and the Anti-Masons who strongly opposed Freemasonry. The
National Republican Party
therefore consisted of many groups with differing ideas but the main
National Republican Party platform and beliefs were based on the following:
National Republican
Party Leaders
Who were the leaders of
the National Republican Party? The early leaders of the National
Republican Party were
John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay,
Daniel Webster and John Sergeant.
National Republican Party
Convention of 1831
After Andrew Jackson's election in 1828, party
structures strengthened, and the idea of national
political conventions grew in popularity. At this
period of American politics there had been political
conventions held at the state level, but no national
conventions had been organized. The National
Republican Party held their national convention in
Baltimore, Maryland on December 12, 1831 and chose
Henry Clay to oppose Andrew Jackson in the 1832
presidential election and chose John Sergeant for
the vice presidency. The main issue of the 1832
presidential campaign was President Jackson's veto
to re-charter the
Second Bank of the United States.
National Republican
Party: 1832 Presidential Election
Henry Clay was badly
beaten in the 1832 presidential election. The voters
continued to back the popular Andrew Jackson - the
National Republican Party had failed to make an
impact on the electors.
The National Republican
Party becomes the Whig Party
The defeat of Henry
Clay was an enormous blow to the
National
Republicans. They gathered support from the other
political groups who opposed Jackson including the
moral reformers, the nullifiers and the anti-masons.
The National Republican Party completely changed their name
to the
Whig Party
which would become a major and successful political
party and the election of four future Whig
presidents.
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