LC control no. | n 84104394 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Corporate name heading | National Republican Party (U.S.) |
Variant(s) | National Republican Party Anti-Jacksonian Party |
See also | Whig Party (U.S.) |
Beginning date | 1828 |
Ending date | 1834 |
Associated country | United States |
Found in | Brown, T. Politics and statesmanship, 1985: CIP t.p. (American Whig Party) LC manual cat. (hdg.: National Republican Party; this term was used by that section of the old Republican Party which supported J.Q. Adams, in distinction from the adherents of Jackson, who adopted the name Democrats; about 1834, "Whig" superseded "National Republican" as the party identification) Wikipedia, viewed Sept. 19, 2017 (National Republican Party; also known as the Anti-Jacksonian Party; founded in 1828, dissolved in 1834; during the administration of John Quincy Adams (1825-1829), the president's supporters were referred to as Adams' Men; when Andrew Jackson was elected president in 1828, this group went into opposition; the use of the term National Republican dates from 1830; Henry Clay served as the party's nominee in the 1832 election, but he was defeated by Jackson; after the 1832 election, opponents of Jackson coalesced into the Whig Party; National Republicans, Anti-Masons, and others joined the new party) |