when did the republican and democratic parties start
Democratic-Republican Party
The Democratic - Republican Party was an American political party formed by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in 1791 -- 1793 to oppose the centralizing policies of the new Federalist Party run by Alexander Hamilton , who was secretary of the treasury and chief architect of George Washington 's administration . From 1801 to 1825 , the new party controlled the presidency and Congress as well as most states during the First Party System . It began in 1791 as one faction in Congress and included many politicians who had been opposed to the new constitution . They called themselves `` Republicans '' after their ideology , republicanism . They distrusted the Federalist commitment to republicanism . The party splintered in 1824 into the Jacksonian movement ( which became the Democratic Party in 1828 ) and the short - lived National Republican Party ( later succeeded by the Whig Party ) . 
The Democratic - Republican Party was an American political party formed by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in 1791 -- 1793 to oppose the centralizing policies of the new Federalist Party run by Alexander Hamilton , who was secretary of the treasury and chief architect of George Washington 's administration . From 1801 to 1825 , the new party controlled the presidency and Congress as well as most states during the First Party System . It began in 1791 as one faction in Congress and included many politicians who had been opposed to the new constitution . They called themselves `` Republicans '' after their ideology , republicanism . They distrusted the Federalist commitment to republicanism . The party splintered in 1824 into the Jacksonian movement ( which became the Democratic Party in 1828 ) and the short - lived National Republican Party ( later succeeded by the Whig Party ) .
The Democratic-Republican Party was formed in 1791-1793 with many politicians who called themselves "Republicans." In 1824, the party splintered creating the Jacksonian movement which became the Democratic Party in 1828.
The Democratic - Republican Party was an American political party formed by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in 1791 -- 1793 to oppose the centralizing policies of the new Federalist Party run by Alexander Hamilton , who was secretary of the treasury and chief architect of George Washington 's administration . It began in 1791 as one faction in Congress and included many politicians who had been opposed to the new constitution . They called themselves `` Republicans '' after their ideology , republicanism . The party splintered in 1824 into the Jacksonian movement ( which became the Democratic Party in 1828 ) and the short - lived National Republican Party ( later succeeded by the Whig Party ) .