Pro-Administration Party

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The Pro-Administration Party was an early U.S. political faction in the 1790s that supported President George Washington’s policies and a strong federal government, serving as a forerunner to the Federalist Party.

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Label Occurrences
Pro-Administration Party canonical 12

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical political group ⓘ
political faction ⓘ
activeInPeriod 1790s ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
developedInto Federalist Party ⓘ
linked to: Federalists
era First Party System ⓘ
forerunnerOf Federalist Party ⓘ
linked to: Federalists
governmentalLevel federal ⓘ
historicalRole early U.S. political faction aligned with Washington administration ⓘ
historicalSignificance helped shape the formation of the Federalist Party ⓘ
ideology pro-administration ⓘ
strong federal government ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legislativeBase United States Congress ⓘ
notableSupporter Alexander Hamilton ⓘ
Fisher Ames ⓘ
John Adams ⓘ
John Jay ⓘ
Rufus King ⓘ
opposedBy Anti-Administration Party ⓘ
opposedByFaction Jeffersonian Republicans ⓘ
opposedPolicy states’ rights emphasis of Anti-Administration faction ⓘ
politicalPosition centralizing nationalism ⓘ
elitist republicanism ⓘ
positionOnConstitution supported ratification of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
preceded Federalist Party ⓘ
linked to: Federalists
region Middle Atlantic states ⓘ
New England ⓘ
socialBase commercial interests ⓘ
creditors ⓘ
large landowners ⓘ
urban merchants ⓘ
status defunct political faction ⓘ
supportedInstitution federal government ⓘ
supportedLeader Alexander Hamilton ⓘ
John Adams ⓘ
supportedOfficeholder President George Washington ⓘ
linked to: George Washington
supportedPolicy assumption of state debts by the federal government ⓘ
broad interpretation of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
closer relations with Great Britain ⓘ
creation of a national bank ⓘ
federal economic programs ⓘ
protective tariffs ⓘ
strong national government ⓘ
supportedPolicyOf George Washington ⓘ
timeframeEnd mid-1790s ⓘ
timeframeStart circa 1789 ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Frederick Muhlenberg → memberOfPoliticalParty → Pro-Administration Party ⓘ
Second United States Congress → mainPoliticalGrouping → Pro-Administration Party ⓘ
Artemas Ward → memberOfPoliticalParty → Pro-Administration Party ⓘ
3rd United States Congress → partyMajorityInSenate → Pro-Administration Party ⓘ
3rd United States Congress → partyMajorityInHouse → Pro-Administration Party ⓘ
Ralph Izard → memberOfPoliticalParty → Pro-Administration Party ⓘ
Abraham Baldwin → partyAffiliation → Pro-Administration Party ⓘ
Philemon Dickinson → politicalParty → Pro-Administration Party ⓘ
Samuel Livermore → partyAffiliation → Pro-Administration Party ⓘ
John Brown (Rhode Island merchant) → party → Pro-Administration Party ⓘ
Carter Bassett Harrison → memberOfPoliticalParty → Pro-Administration Party ⓘ
Tristram Dalton → memberOfPoliticalParty → Pro-Administration Party ⓘ