Anti-Administration Party

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The Anti-Administration Party was an early informal political faction in the United States that opposed many policies of George Washington’s administration and helped lay the groundwork for the later Democratic-Republican Party.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf informal political party ⓘ
political faction ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Anti-Administration faction ⓘ
Anti-Administration group ⓘ
ceasedToExistAs distinct faction by mid-1790s ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
emergedDuring First United States Congress ⓘ
Second United States Congress ⓘ
hadKeyLeader Aaron Burr ⓘ
Albert Gallatin ⓘ
James Madison ⓘ
James Monroe ⓘ
Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
William Branch Giles ⓘ
historicalContext Early national period of the United States ⓘ
ideologicalSuccessor Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
ideology Jeffersonian republicanism ⓘ
influenced formation of the first party system in the United States ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legislativeBase United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
mergedInto Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
notableEvent opposition to the Jay Treaty groundwork ⓘ
opposed Federalist Party policies ⓘ
George Washington administration ⓘ
opposedLeader Alexander Hamilton ⓘ
opposedPolicy Alexander Hamilton’s financial program ⓘ
creation of the First Bank of the United States ⓘ
excise taxes such as the whiskey tax ⓘ
federal assumption of state Revolutionary War debts ⓘ
politicalPosition agrarianism ⓘ
opposition to a strong central bank ⓘ
opposition to assumption of state debts ⓘ
opposition to protective tariffs ⓘ
pro-French foreign policy ⓘ
states’ rights ⓘ
strict constructionism ⓘ
preceded Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
region Eastern United States ⓘ
supported agrarian interests over commercial interests ⓘ
greater power for state governments ⓘ
limited federal government ⓘ
supportedLeader James Madison ⓘ
Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
timePeriod early 1790s ⓘ
wasPrecededBy Pro-Administration faction ⓘ

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Richard Henry Lee → memberOfPoliticalParty → Anti-Administration Party ⓘ
George Clinton → memberOfPoliticalParty → Anti-Administration Party ⓘ
Alexander Martin → memberOfPoliticalParty → Anti-Administration Party ⓘ
William Grayson → memberOfPoliticalParty → Anti-Administration Party ⓘ
Second United States Congress → mainPoliticalGrouping → Anti-Administration Party ⓘ
William Few → wasMemberOf → Anti-Administration faction in the U.S. Senate ⓘ
linked to: Anti-Administration Party
Anti-Administration Party → alsoKnownAs → Anti-Administration faction ⓘ
linked to: Anti-Administration Party
Pro-Administration Party → opposedBy → Anti-Administration Party ⓘ
Edmund Randolph → memberOfPoliticalParty → Anti-Administration Party ⓘ
subject linked to: Edmund Randolph (nephew)
William Paca → memberOfPoliticalParty → Anti-Administration Party ⓘ
Carter Bassett Harrison → memberOfPoliticalParty → Anti-Administration Party ⓘ
Joseph Winston → politicalAffiliation → Anti-Administration Party ⓘ
Timothy Bloodworth → memberOfPoliticalParty → Anti-Administration Party ⓘ
John Francis Mercer → partyAffiliation → Anti-Administration Party ⓘ