1st Party System 1789-1800 of Federalists & Republicans; caucus
Virginia Dynasty 1801-1824 of Jefferson, Madison, Monroe; elite
2nd Party System 1825-1856 of Democrats & Whigs, mass-based
"corrupt bargain" of 1825 gave election to John Q. Adams; Henry Clay became Secretary of State; Jackson began to created a new party
Democratic party elected Jackson in 1828 and 1832; Van Buren 1836, James K. Polk 1844, Franklin Pierce 1852
Whig party developed from the National-Republicans of Henry Clay 1832-34 to oppose the Democratic-Republicans of Jackson; elected William H. Harrison 1840, Zachary Taylor 1848, absorbed into 3rd Party System after 1856
new electioneering methods developed to increase voter participation - Hickory Clubs, parades, songs, lithographs
election poster, 1828
A New Map of the United States, by Anthony Imbert, 1829
