National Republican Party

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The National Republican Party was a short-lived early 19th-century U.S. political party that opposed Andrew Jackson and supported a strong federal government, economic modernization, and Henry Clay’s American System.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct political party
political party
activeInPeriod 1820s
1830s
advocated a national bank to stabilize currency
federal subsidies for roads and canals
protective tariffs to foster industry
associatedWithEra Age of Jackson
linked to: Jacksonian era
coreSupportGroup bankers
commercial interests
many New England manufacturers
country United States
dissolvedInDecade 1830s
electoralBase New England
parts of the Mid-Atlantic states
some western states
emergedFrom split in the Democratic-Republican Party
foundedInDecade 1820s
historicalContext Second Party System in the United States
linked to: Second Party System
ideology economic modernization
support for Henry Clay's American System
support for strong federal government
keyIssue federal power versus states' rights
internal improvements
national banking
tariff policy
mergedInto Whig Party
nominatedForPresident Henry Clay
John Quincy Adams
notableElection United States presidential election of 1828
United States presidential election of 1832
opposed Andrew Jackson
Jacksonian Democracy
linked to: Jacksonian era
opposedPolicy Jackson's use of the spoils system
Jackson's veto of the Second Bank recharter
politicalPosition center-right
pro-business
position pro–federal funding for internal improvements
pro–national bank
pro–protective tariff
support for American System
precededBy Democratic-Republican Party
succeededBy Whig Party
supportedPolitician Henry Clay
John Quincy Adams

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Elisha Whittlesey political party National Republican Party
Adams Party succeededBy National Republican Party
William Gaston memberOfPoliticalParty National Republican Party
Charles Fenton Mercer memberOfPoliticalParty National Republican Party
11th United States presidential election featuredParty National Republican Party
Richard Rush memberOfPoliticalParty National Republican Party
Great Compromiser hasBearerPoliticalAffiliation National Republican Party
John Sergeant memberOfPoliticalParty National Republican Party
Willie Person Mangum memberOfPoliticalParty National Republican Party
Tariff of 1816 significantSupporter national Republicans
linked to: National Republican Party
George Rockingham Gilmer memberOfPoliticalParty National Republican Party
Internal improvements debates politicalAlignment National Republican Party
Gideon Tomlinson memberOfPoliticalParty National Republican Party
John J. Crittenden memberOfPoliticalParty National Republican Party
Elisha Phelps memberOfPoliticalParty Adams-Clay Republican Party
linked to: National Republican Party
Elisha Phelps memberOfPoliticalParty National Republican Party
George R. Gilmer memberOfPoliticalParty National Republican Party
Thomas Metcalfe memberOfPoliticalParty National Republican Party
James Barbour memberOfPoliticalParty National Republican Party
Samuel L. Southard memberOfPoliticalParty National Republican Party
James Barbour memberOfPoliticalParty National Republican Party
Jacksonian Party opposedBy National Republican Party
Albert C. Greene memberOfPoliticalParty National Republican Party
John M. Berrien memberOfPoliticalParty National Republican Party