Creating the United States

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Republican Party Christened by James Madison

“Republican Party” Christened by James Madison (90)

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In September 1792, James Madison coined the term Republican Party in an essay, A Candid State of Parties, published in the National Gazette of Philadelphia. Although the Jeffersonian-Republican Party drew strength from the Anti-Federalists, no one had more claim to the authorship of the federal Constitution than did Madison, one of the founders of the Jeffersonian-Republican Party.
In September 1792, James Madison coined the term Republican Party in an essay, A Candid State of Parties, published in the <em>National Gazette</em> of Philadelphia. Although the Jeffersonian-Republican Party drew strength from the Anti-Federalists, no one had more claim to the authorship of the federal Constitution than did Madison, one of the founders of the Jeffersonian-Republican Party.