Tertium Quids faction of the Democratic-Republican Party

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The Tertium Quids faction of the Democratic-Republican Party was a states’ rights, strict-constructionist wing of early 19th-century American Jeffersonian Republicans, led prominently by John Randolph of Roanoke and opposed to what it saw as the party’s drift toward Federalist-style centralization.

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instanceOf United States political faction ⓘ
political faction ⓘ
activeDuring presidency of James Madison ⓘ
presidency of Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
associatedWith Old Republican faction ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
criticized James Madison administration ⓘ
Thomas Jefferson administration ⓘ
decline faded as a distinct faction by the 1810s ⓘ
emergedFrom intra-party conflict within the Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
goal preserve original principles of the Jeffersonian Revolution of 1800 ⓘ
historicalContext post-1800 Jeffersonian ascendancy ⓘ
ideology Jeffersonian republicanism ⓘ
states' rights ⓘ
strict constructionism ⓘ
influenced later states' rights currents in American politics ⓘ
influencedBy Thomas Jefferson's political philosophy ⓘ
languageOfName Latin ⓘ
leader John Randolph of Roanoke ⓘ
legislativeFocus U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
meaningOfName "third something" or "third thing" ⓘ
namedAfter Latin phrase "tertium quid" ⓘ
notableMember John Randolph of Roanoke ⓘ
Joseph H. Nicholson ⓘ
Nathaniel Macon ⓘ
opposedTo Federalist Party-style centralization ⓘ
expansive interpretation of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
parliamentaryBody United States Congress ⓘ
partOf Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
politicalAlignment Jeffersonian Republican ⓘ
politicalPosition anti-centralization ⓘ
pro-limited federal power ⓘ
small-government ⓘ
politicalTradition American agrarian republicanism ⓘ
positionOnConstitution strict interpretation of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
positionOnEconomicPolicy opposed to broad federal economic programs ⓘ
positionOnFederalPower limiting federal government authority ⓘ
positionOnInternalImprovements suspicious of federally funded internal improvements ⓘ
positionOnNationalBank hostile to a strong national bank ⓘ
positionOnStatesRights strong support for states' rights ⓘ
positionOnWarOf1812 skeptical or critical of war measures that expanded federal power ⓘ
region Southern United States ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
timePeriod early 19th century ⓘ
viewedAs purist wing of Jeffersonian Republicans ⓘ

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