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National Republican Party | |
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| Other name | Adams-Clay Republicans Adams's Men Anti-Jacksonians |
| Leader | John Quincy Adams Henry Clay |
| Founded | 1824 |
| Dissolved | 1834 |
| Split from | Democratic-Republican Party |
| Preceded by | Democratic-Republican Party Federalist Party |
| Merged into | Whig Party |
| Ideology | |
| Colors | Buff |
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The National Republican Party, also known as the Anti-Jacksonian Party or simply Republicans,[2] was a political party in the United States which evolved from a conservative-leaning faction of the Democratic-Republican Party that supported John Quincy Adams in the 1824 presidential election.
Known initially as "Adams-Clay Republicans" in the wake of the 1824 campaign, Adams's political allies in Congress and at the state-level were referred to as "Adams's Men" during his presidency (1825–1829). When Andrew Jackson became president, following his victory over Adams in the 1828 election, this group became the opposition, and organized themselves as "Anti-Jackson". The use of the term "National Republican" dates from 1830.[citation needed]
Henry Clay was the party's nominee in the 1832 election, but was defeated by Jackson. The party supported Clay's American System of nationally financed internal improvements and a protective tariff. After the 1832 election, opponents of Jackson coalesced into the Whig Party. National Republicans, Anti-Masons and others joined the new party.
- ^ "John Quincy Adams on the war we are in". Claremont review of books. Richard Samuelson. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
Long before Samuel Huntington, Adams understood our modern "clash of civilizations." Adams believed that history had set the liberal West on a collision course with the Islamic East. In Adams's day, as in ours, many sophisticated Europeans thought that the two civilizations ought to compromise their differences in the name of peace. Unfortunately, Adams found, compromise was not always possible. As then constituted, Islamic civilization would not accept Western notions of liberty, equality, and progress, and for that reason the West had to fight to defend both its principles and its interests.
- ^ "State Journal - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Vol. III, no. 6. E. Lawrence. Oct 12, 1837. Retrieved 15 January 2021.