Federalist Party Political Parties United States North America By Region

During the post-Revolutionary era, advocates of a stronger central government for the newly independent United States adopted the name "Federalists," after The Federalist Papers which argued for the adoption of the Constitution of 1787 to supersede the Articles of Confederation. Alexander Hamilton led this faction against those organized under Thomas Jefferson as anti-Federalists, who favored stronger rights for states and the people. After 1800, especially with the deaths of Adams and Hamilton, the Federalists became increasingly concentrated in the large port cities of New England, and the party grew steadily more reactionary to the point of opposing the War of 1812 and advocating New England's secession from the Union. It did not nominate a candidate for president in the election of 1820, and had virtually disappeared by 1824.

• - Brief synopsis on the party listing its candidates for President from 1796 through 1816.
  
• - Paper written by Richard Seltzer in high school covering the decline and fall of the Federalists after 1799; includes notes and bibliography.
  
• - Information about the original Federalist Party from website of the New Federalist Party, an attempt to revive the party of Hamilton.
  
• - Paper in the Winter 2000 issue by John B. Hoey weighing the causes and results of the political standoff between Jefferson and the Federalists regarding war with Britain.
  
• - Short article, for teens. Has pictures of famous Federalists, and a bibliography.
  
• - History of one of America's first political parties.
  
• - Information about the party from the American Experience website on their film about the duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton.
  
• - Article from the 1911 edition examines the history of the party.
  
  

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