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The 1792 congressional elections were the first to fall broadly along party lines, marking the beginning of America's first party system — Hamilton's Federalists versus Jefferson's Democratic-Republicans.
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The constitutional settlement of 1789 left the new United States with a profound unresolved question: what kind of country would it be? Dominic sets up the clash between Hamilton's northeastern, commercially-minded Federalists — who wanted a national bank, federal assumption of state debts, and alignment with Britain — and Jefferson's southern-dominated Democratic-Republicans, who saw all of this as a monarchist plot in disguise. By 1792, these factions had crystallised into something recognisable as political parties, with the first congressional elections falling broadly along party lines. Washington stayed Olympianly above the fray, but his retirement in 1796 — establishing the two-term precedent — opened the door to full partisan warfare. John Adams won that first contested election as a moderate Federalist, only to be squeezed from both sides: Jefferson's men thought him too monarchist, Hamilton's thought him too weak. [1] — Dominic Sandbrook "The clash between Hamilton's Federalists — who wanted a strong central government, a national bank, and close ties with Britain — and Jeffe…" 14:40
The clash between Hamilton's Federalists — who wanted a strong central government, a national bank, and close ties with Britain — and Jefferson's Democratic-Republicans, who championed agrarian states' rights, created the template for American party politics. The bitterness ran so deep it led to a duel.
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