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U . Senate: Party Divisions
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The Anti-Administration Party was not a formal political party but rather a faction opposed to the policies of Treasury
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The Pro-Administration Party was not a formal political party but rather a faction supportive of the policies of Treasur
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Though Washington never formally joined a party, he was broadly sympathetic to what was later called the “Pro-Administra
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Washington disapproved of formal political parties and refused to join either party, though he became a symbol of the Fe
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Congressional Record
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The Democratic-Republican Party broke up into two competing parties during the 1820s, but there is no official date of d
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Adams won election as a Democratic-Republican, but he sought re-election as a National Republican.
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Jacksonian control of the Senate was through plurality.
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Jackson had a trifecta through a Senate that was controlled by plurality.
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In the first congressional session the Senate remained under control of “National Republicans” for one year; before the
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Jackson did not have a trifecta during the first congressional session when the Senate remained under control of “Nation
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Whig president William Henry Harrison died April 4, 1841, one month into his term, and was succeeded by John Tyler, who
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Whigs held their only trifecta from March 4, 1841, until later that year when the Whigs expelled Tyler from the party on
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Whigs controlled the House through a plurality in the 2nd half of the 1st congressional session; for the remainder of th
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The Democrats held the House through a plurality.
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President Taylor died July 9, 1850, about one year and four months into the term, and was succeeded by Millard Fillmore,
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The "Opposition Party" was the congressional coalition formed by former Whigs and members of the nascent Republican Part
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The Republicans controlled the House through a coalition with other Opposition parties.
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President Lincoln was assassinated and died April 15, 1865, about a month after beginning his second term as president.
