Short History of American Political Parties
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Adams [F] |
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1800 |
Jefferson [R] |
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1804 |
Jefferson [R] |
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1808 |
Madison [R] |
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1812 |
Monroe [R] |
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1816 |
Monroe [R] |
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1820 |
Monroe [R] |
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1824 |
Q. Adams [NR] |
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1828 |
Jackson [D] |
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1832 |
Jackson [D] |
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1836 |
Van Buren [D] |
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1840 |
W. Harrison [W] |
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1844 |
Polk [D] |
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1848 |
Taylor [W] |
Liberty |
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1852 |
Pierce [D] |
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1856 |
Buchanan [D] |
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1860 |
Lincoln [R] |
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Constitutional |
Northern Democratic |
Southern Democratic |
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1864 |
Lincoln [R] |
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1868 |
Grant [R] |
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1872 |
Grant [R] |
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1876 |
Hayes [R] |
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1880 |
Garfield [R] |
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1892 |
B. Harrison [R] |
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McKinley [R] |
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1900 |
McKinley [R] |
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1904 |
T. Roosevelt [R] |
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Socialist [Debs] |
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1908 |
Taft [R] |
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1912 |
Wilson [D] |
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Progressive (Bull
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1916 |
Wilson [D] |
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Harding [R] |
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Coolidge [R] |
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Progressive
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Hoover [R] |
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F. Roosevelt [D] |
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F. Roosevelt [D] |
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F. roosevelt [D] |
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F. roosevelt [D] |
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Truman [D] |
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Progressive [H. Wallace] |
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States Rights [Dixecrats] |
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Eisenhower [R] |
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Eisenhower [R] |
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Kennedy [D] |
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L. Johnson [D] |
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Nixon [R] |
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American [G. Wallace] |
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Nixon [R] |
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1976 |
Carter [D] |
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1980 |
Reagan [R] |
Libertarian [La Rue] |
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1984 |
Reagan [R] |
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1988 |
G. Bush [R] |
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1992 |
Clinton [D] |
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“populists” [Perot] |
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1996 |
Clinton [D] |
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Reform Party |
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W. Bush [R] |
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Green Party |
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2004 |
W. Bush [R] |
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2008 |
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