Democratic-Republican

American

[dem-uh-krat-ik-ri-puhb-li-kuhn] / ˌdɛm əˈkræt ɪk rɪˈpʌb lɪ kən /

adjective

U.S. History.

of or relating to the Democratic-Republican Party.

Example Sentences

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The Democratic-Republican Party of Thomas Jefferson supported the name change.

From Slate • Dec. 20, 2025

Twenty-four years later, the term “gerrymander” was coined when the Democratic-Republican Party drew a salamander-shaped state Senate district to benefit Massachusetts Gov. Elbridge Gerry.

From Salon • Aug. 3, 2025

Then there was John Adams, a Federalist who was the nation’s second president, and Thomas Jefferson, its third and a Democratic-Republican.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 12, 2024

Then 2024 might bring the most dramatically nonbinary election since the Democratic-Republican framing of presidential politics began in 1856.

From Washington Post • Apr. 28, 2023

He abandoned the Union Democratic-Republican party, however, after the proclamation and force bill of the Administration and joined the States' Rights Whigs.

From Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage by Stovall, Pleasant A.

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