Jeffersonian democracy
American political persuasion of the 1790s until the 1820s / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jeffersonian democracy, named after its advocate Thomas Jefferson, was one of two dominant political outlooks and movements in the United States from the 1790s to the 1820s. The Jeffersonians were deeply committed to American republicanism, which meant opposition to what they considered to be artificial aristocracy, opposition to corruption, and insistence on virtue, with a priority for the "yeoman farmer", "planters", and the "plain folk".[4] They were antagonistic to the aristocratic elitism of merchants, bankers, and manufacturers, distrusted factory workers, and strongly opposed and were on the watch for supporters of the Westminster system.
Jeffersonian Republicans | |
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Historical leaders | Thomas Jefferson James Madison James Monroe |
Founded | 1790s; 233 years ago (1790s) |
Dissolved | 1820s (1820s) |
Merged into | Democratic-Republican Party |
Succeeded by | Jacksonian Democrats |
Ideology | Agrarianism[1] American nationalism Anti-clericalism[2] Liberalism[3] Populism[4] Radicalism Republicanism[5] |
Political position | Left-wing[6][7] |
National affiliation | Anti-Federalists (before 1789) Anti-Administration party (1789–1792) Democratic-Republican Party (after 1792) |
Jeffersonian Era | |||
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1801–1825 | |||
Location | United States | ||
President(s) | Thomas Jefferson James Madison | ||
Key events | Louisiana Purchase Lewis and Clark Expedition Marbury v. Madison War of 1812 | ||
Chronology
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The term was commonly used to refer to the Democratic-Republican Party, formally named the "Republican Party", which Jefferson founded in opposition to the Federalist Party of Alexander Hamilton. At the beginning of the Jeffersonian era, only two states, Vermont and Kentucky, established universal white male suffrage by abolishing property requirements. But by the end of the Jeffersonian period, more than half of the states had followed suit, including virtually all of the states in the Old Northwest. States then also moved on to allowing white male popular votes for presidential elections, canvassing voters in a more modern style. Jefferson's party was then in full control of the apparatus of government – from the state legislature and city hall to the White House.
Jeffersonian democracy persisted as an element of the Democratic Party until the early 20th century, exemplified in the rise of Jacksonian democracy and the three presidential candidacies of William Jennings Bryan.