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6 unusual facts about Federalist Party


Battle of Queenston Heights

Although he held the rank of Major General in the New York state militia, Van Rensselaer had not commanded troops in battle and was not a warrior, being considered the leading Federalist candidate for the governorship of New York.

David Parish

Sympathetic to the anti-war Federalist Party, he nevertheless brokered a $7.5 million loan to the cash-strapped Republican administration of James Madison in 1813 to continue prosecuting the war.

Democratic-Republican Party

In United States history, the Democratic-Republican Party, the Republican Party or the Jeffersonian Republicans was a political party organized by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in 1791-93, which opposed the Federalist Party and controlled the Presidency and Congress, and most states, from 1801 to 1825, during the First Party System.

John M. Bowers

He was declared elected as a Federalist to the 13th United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Representative-elect William Dowse and served as United States Representative for the fifteenth district of New York from June 21, 1813 to December 20, 1813; when Isaac Williams, Jr., who had contested the election, was declared entitled to the seat.

National Gazette

The Gazette's political content was often written pseudonymously, and was directed against the Federalist Party.

Robert H. Harrison

In the U.S. presidential election of 1789, Harrison, a de facto member of the Federalist Party, received 6 electoral votes.


46th New York State Legislature

The opposing Democratic-Republican faction, the "Clintonians" disappeared after DeWitt Clinton decided not to run in the New York gubernatorial election, 1822; and the Federalist Party had virtually disbanded.

Alexander Boyd

Elected as a Federalist to the 13th United States Congress, Boyd was United States Representative for the thirteenth district of New York from March 4, 1813, to March 3, 1815.

Benjamin Pickman, Jr.

Pickman was elected as a Federalist to the Eleventh Congress (March 4, 1809 – March 4, 1811), but he was not a candidate for renomination in 1810.

Comfort Tyler

In April 1802, Tyler was the Federalist candidate for Congress in New York's 16th congressional district but was defeated by Dem.

Daniel Cady

Cady was elected as a Federalist to the 14th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1815, to March 3, 1817.

Gore Place

Christopher Gore (1758 – 1827) was a Massachusetts lawyer, banker, statesman, and Federalist politician.

Henry W. Livingston

He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1802 and again in 1810, and was elected as a Federalist to the 8th and 9th Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1803 to March 3, 1807.

James Emott

He was elected as a Federalist to the 11th and 12th United States Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1809, to March 3, 1813.

John P. Cushman

In 1817, Cushman was elected as a Federalist to the 15th United States Congress with 54.98% of the popular vote, topping the incumbent Hosea Moffitt, a fellow Federalist.

Lemuel Williams

Williams was elected as a Federalist to the Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1799 to March 3, 1805, and was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1806.

Micah Sterling

He was elected as a Federalist to the 17th United States Congress, holding office from December 3, 1821, to March 3, 1823.

Morris S. Miller

Miller was elected as a Federalist to the 13th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1813 to March 3, 1815.

Moses Gill

The party system was still taking shape in the state, and the Federalists nominated Increase Sumner, while more populist factions that had previously supported Hancock and Adams nominated Gill and James Sullivan.

Nathan Read

Read was elected as a Federalist to the Sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Samuel Sewall; he was reelected to the Seventh Congress and served from November 25, 1800, to March 3, 1803.

Peter Gansevoort

In 1800, he ran for U.S. Senator from New York but was defeated by Federalist Gouverneur Morris.

Philip Jeremiah Schuyler

He was elected as a Federalist to the 15th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1817, to March 4, 1819.

Richard Bache

He was a spokesman for the Jeffersonian Republicans; he strenuously opposed George Washington, John Adams and the Federalist party.

Silas Lee

Lee was elected as a Federalist to the 6th and 7th Congresses and served from March 4, 1799, until August 20, 1801, when he resigned.

Thomas Sammons

He was elected as a Federalist to the 11th, and as a Democratic-Republican to the 12th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1809, to March 3, 1813.

William Shepard

Shepard was elected as a Federalist to the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Congresses, serving from March 4, 1797 to March 3, 1803; he resumed his agricultural pursuits and died in Westfield, essentially penniless.


see also

Battle of Famaillá

Only ten days later, Lamadrid was defeated at the Battle of Rodeo del Medio, and the country would be controlled by the Federalist Party, almost without opposition for another ten years.

Democratic-Republican Party

Many former members of the defunct Federalist Party, including Daniel Webster, joined the party.

Federal Party

Taxpayers Party of New York, later party that used the Federalist Party name for one candidate in 2011

Federalist Era

However the defeat of Adams in the election of 1800 and the death of Hamilton led to the decline of the Federalist Party from which it did not recover.

George Washington's Farewell Address

Despite his stated desire to retire from public service, Washington would later accept a commission from President John Adams, although Adams was largely forced into providing the commission by members of the Federalist Party, as the Senior Officer of a Provisional Army formed to defend the nation against a possible invasion by French forces during the Quasi-War.

Montenegrin Federalist Party

With the April War and the fall of Yugoslavia to Axis forces, the Montenegrin Federalist Party offered to collaborate with the Italian Fascists of Benito Mussolini, demanding a Greater Montenegro from the river of Neretva in Herzegovina to Mata in Albania; it would also include Metohija and Sandžak.

Taxpayers Party of New York

Rus Thompson, Gary Berntsen and Michael Caputo, who helped organized the party line, orchestrated an attempted ballot access campaign for David Bellavia in the New York's 26th congressional district special election, 2011, but because Paladino and Leonard Roberto endorsed Republican nominee Jane Corwin, the organization used the name "Federalist Party" for Bellavia's petitions instead of the Taxpayers Party.

United States presidential election, 1812

In the case of Virginia, Clinton was rejected entirely by the state Federalist Party, which instead chose to nominate Rufus King for President and William Richardson Davie for Vice President.