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== Electoral history == ===Presidential elections=== {{Main|List of Democratic-Republican Party presidential tickets}} {|class="sortable wikitable" |- ! rowspan=2 | Election ! colspan=2 | Ticket ! Popular vote ! colspan=2 | [[United States Electoral College|Electoral vote]] |- ! Presidential nominee ! Running mate ! Percentage ! class=unsortable | Electoral votes ! Ranking |- | style="text-align:center;"|[[1796 United States presidential election|1796]] |rowspan=3|'''[[Thomas Jefferson]]'''{{efn-ua|In his first presidential run, Jefferson did not win the presidency, and Burr did not win the vice presidency. However, under the pre-[[Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution|12th Amendment]] election rules, Jefferson won the vice presidency due to dissension among Federalist electors.}} |rowspan=2|'''[[Aaron Burr]]'''{{efn-ua|In their second presidential run, Jefferson and Burr received the same number of electoral votes. Jefferson was subsequently chosen as President by the House of Representatives.}} | style="text-align:center;"|46.6 |align="left"|{{composition bar|68|138|hex={{party color|Democratic-Republican Party}}}} | 2 |- | style="text-align:center;"|[[1800 United States presidential election|1800]] | style="text-align:center;"|61.4 |align="left"|{{composition bar|73|138|hex={{party color|Democratic-Republican Party}}}} | 1 |- | style="text-align:center;"|[[1804 United States presidential election|1804]] |rowspan=2|'''[[George Clinton (vice president)|George Clinton]]''' | style="text-align:center;"|72.8 |align="left"|{{composition bar|162|176|hex={{party color|Democratic-Republican Party}}}} | 1 |- | style="text-align:center;"|[[1808 United States presidential election|1808]] |rowspan=2|'''[[James Madison]]''' | style="text-align:center;"|64.7 |align="left"|{{composition bar|122|176|hex={{party color|Democratic-Republican Party}}}} | 1 |- | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|[[1812 United States presidential election|1812]] |'''[[Elbridge Gerry]]''' | style="text-align:center;"|50.4 |align="left"|{{composition bar|128|217|hex={{party color|Democratic-Republican Party}}}} | 1 |- |[[DeWitt Clinton]]{{efn-ua|While commonly labeled as the Federalist candidate, Clinton technically ran as a Democratic-Republican and was not nominated by the Federalist party itself, the latter simply deciding not to field a candidate. This did not prevent endorsements from state Federalist parties (such as in Pennsylvania), but he received the endorsement from the New York state Democratic-Republicans as well.}} |[[Jared Ingersoll]] | style="text-align:center;"|47.6 |align="left"|{{composition bar|89|217|hex={{party color|Democratic-Republican Party}}}} | 2 |- | style="text-align:center;"|[[1816 United States presidential election|1816]] |rowspan=2|'''[[James Monroe]]''' |rowspan=2|'''[[Daniel D. Tompkins]]''' | style="text-align:center;"|68.2 |align="left"|{{composition bar|183|217|hex={{party color|Democratic-Republican Party}}}} | 1 |- | style="text-align:center;"|[[1820 United States presidential election|1820]] | style="text-align:center;"|80.6 |align="left"|{{composition bar|231|232|hex={{party color|Democratic-Republican Party}}}} | 1 |- | rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|[[1824 United States presidential election|1824]]{{efn-ua|[[William H. Crawford]] and [[Albert Gallatin]] were nominated for president and vice-president by a group of 66 Congressmen that called itself the "Democratic members of Congress".<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=rbpe&fileName=rbpe19/rbpe192/1920070a/rbpe1920070a.db&recNum=0 |title=Anti-Caucus/Caucus |date=February 6, 1824 |access-date=November 17, 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831001556/http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=rbpe&fileName=rbpe19%2Frbpe192%2F1920070a%2Frbpe1920070a.db&recNum=0 |archive-date=August 31, 2017 |publisher=Washington Republican}}</ref> Gallatin later withdrew from the contest. [[Andrew Jackson]], [[John Quincy Adams]] and [[Henry Clay]] ran as Republicans, although they were not nominated by any national body. While Jackson won a plurality in the electoral college and popular vote, he did not win the constitutionally required majority of electoral votes to be elected president. The contest was thrown to the House of Representatives, where Adams won with Clay's support. The electoral college chose [[John C. Calhoun]] for vice president.}} |[[Andrew Jackson]] |rowspan=2|'''[[John C. Calhoun]]''' | style="text-align:center;"|41.4 |align="left"|{{composition bar|99|261|hex={{party color|Democratic-Republican Party}}}} | 1 |- |'''[[John Quincy Adams]]''' | style="text-align:center;"|30.9 |align="left"|{{composition bar|84|261|hex={{party color|Democratic-Republican Party}}}} | 2 |- |[[William H. Crawford]] |[[Nathaniel Macon]] | style="text-align:center;"|11.2 |align="left"|{{composition bar|41|261|hex={{party color|Democratic-Republican Party}}}} | 3 |- |[[Henry Clay]] |[[Nathan Sanford]] | style="text-align:center;"|13 |align="left"|{{composition bar|37|261|hex={{party color|Democratic-Republican Party}}}} | 4 |} {{notelist-ua}} ===Congressional representation=== {{see also|Party divisions of United States Congresses}} The affiliation of many Congressmen in the earliest years is an assignment by later historians. The parties were slowly coalescing groups; at first there were many independents. Cunningham noted that only about a quarter of the House of Representatives up until 1794 voted with Madison as much as two-thirds of the time and another quarter against him two-thirds of the time, leaving almost half as fairly independent.{{sfnp|Cunningham|1957|p=82}} {|class=wikitable style="text-align:center;" |- valign=bottom ! rowspan=2 | Congress ! rowspan=2 | Years ! rowspan=25 | ! colspan=5 | Senate<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.senate.gov/history/partydiv.htm |title=Party Division |website=United States Senate}}</ref> ! rowspan=25 | ! colspan=5 | House of Representatives<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://history.house.gov/Institution/Party-Divisions/Party-Divisions/ |title=Party Divisions of the House of Representatives, 1789 to Present |website=United States House of Representatives}}</ref> ! rowspan=25 | ! rowspan=2 | President |- valign=bottom ! Total ! {{Party shading/Anti-Administration}} | [[Anti-Administration party|Anti-<br/>Admin]] ! {{Party shading/Pro-Administration}} | [[Federalist Party|Pro-<br/>Admin]] ! [[List of political parties in the United States|Others]] ! Vacancies ! Total ! {{Party shading/Anti-Administration}} | Anti-<br/>Admin ! {{Party shading/Pro-Administration}} | Pro-<br/>Admin ! Others ! Vacancies |- | [[1st United States Congress|1st]] | 1789β1791 | {{Party shading/Pro-Administration}} | 26 | {{Party shading/Anti-Administration}} | 8 | {{Party shading/Pro-Administration}} | '''18''' | β | β | {{Party shading/Pro-Administration}} | 65 | {{Party shading/Anti-Administration}} | 28 | {{Party shading/Pro-Administration}} | '''37''' | β | β | rowspan=3 | [[George Washington]] |- | [[2nd United States Congress|2nd]] | 1791β1793 | {{Party shading/Pro-Administration}} | 30 | {{Party shading/Anti-Administration}} | 13 | {{Party shading/Pro-Administration}} | '''16''' | β | 1 | {{Party shading/Pro-Administration}} | 69 | {{Party shading/Anti-Administration}} | 30 | {{Party shading/Pro-Administration}} | '''39''' | β | β |- | [[3rd United States Congress|3rd]] | 1793β1795 | {{Party shading/Pro-Administration}} | 30 | {{Party shading/Anti-Administration}} | 14 | {{Party shading/Pro-Administration}} | '''16''' | β | β | {{Party shading/Anti-Administration}} | 105 | {{Party shading/Anti-Administration}} | '''54''' | {{Party shading/Pro-Administration}} | 51 | β | β |- valign=bottom ! Congress ! Years ! Total ! {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | [[Democratic-Republican Party (United States)|Democratic-<br/>Republicans]] ! {{Party shading/Federalist}} | [[Federalist Party (United States)|Federalists]] ! Others ! Vacancies ! Total ! {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-<br/>Republicans ! {{Party shading/Federalist}} | Federalists ! Others ! Vacancies ! President |- | [[4th United States Congress|4th]] | 1795β1797 | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | 32 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | 11 | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | '''21''' | β | β | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | 106 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | '''59''' | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | 47 | β | β | [[George Washington]] |- | [[5th United States Congress|5th]] | 1797β1799 | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | 32 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | 10 | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | '''22''' | β | β | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | 106 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | 49 | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | '''57''' | β | β | {{Party shading/Federalist}}99 rowspan=2 | [[John Adams]] |- | [[6th United States Congress|6th]] | 1799β1801 | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | 32 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | 10 | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | '''22''' | β | β | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | 106 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | 46 | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | '''60''' | β | β |- | [[7th United States Congress|7th]] | 1801β1803 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | 34 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | '''17''' | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | 15 | β | 2 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | 107 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | '''68''' | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | 38 | β | 1 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} rowspan=4 | [[Thomas Jefferson]] |- | [[8th United States Congress|8th]] | 1803β1805 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | 34 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | '''25''' | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | 9 | β | β | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | 142 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | '''103''' | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | 39 | β | β |- | [[9th United States Congress|9th]] | 1805β1807 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | 34 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | '''27''' | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | 7 | β | β | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | 142 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | '''114''' | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | 28 | β | β |- | [[10th United States Congress|10th]] | 1807β1809 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | 34 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | '''28''' | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | 6 | β | β | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | 142 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | '''116''' | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | 26 | β | β |- | [[11th United States Congress|11th]] | 1809β1811 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | 34 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | '''27''' | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | 7 | β | β | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | 142 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | '''92''' | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | 50 | β | β | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} rowspan=4 | [[James Madison]] |- | [[12th United States Congress|12th]] | 1811β1813 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | 36 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | '''30''' | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | 6 | β | β | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | 143 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | '''107''' | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | 36 | β | β |- | [[13th United States Congress|13th]] | 1813β1815 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | 36 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | '''28''' | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | 8 | β | β | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | 182 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | '''114''' | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | 68 | β | β |- | [[14th United States Congress|14th]] | 1815β1817 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | 38 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | '''26''' | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | 12 | β | β | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | 183 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | '''119''' | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | 64 | β | β |- | [[15th United States Congress|15th]] | 1817β1819 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | 42 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | '''30''' | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | 12 | β | β | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | 185 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | '''146''' | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | 39 | β | β | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} rowspan=4 | [[James Monroe]] |- | [[16th United States Congress|16th]] | 1819β1821 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | 46 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | '''37''' | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | 9 | β | β | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | 186 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | '''160''' | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | 26 | β | β |- | [[17th United States Congress|17th]] | 1821β1823 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | 48 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | '''44''' | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | 4 | β | β | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | 187 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | '''155''' | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | 32 | β | β |- | [[18th United States Congress|18th]] | 1823β1825 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | 48 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | '''43''' | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | 5 | β | β | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | 213 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | '''189''' | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | 24 | β | β |- valign=bottom ! Congress ! Years ! Total ! {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Pro-Jackson ! {{Party shading/National Republican}} | Pro-Adams ! Others ! Vacancies ! Total ! {{Party shading/Democratic}}| Pro-Jackson ! {{Party shading/National Republican}} | Pro-Adams ! Others ! Vacancies ! President |- | [[19th United States Congress|19th]] | 1825β1827 | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 48 | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | '''26''' | {{Party shading/National Republican}} | 22 | β | β | {{Party shading/National Republican}} | 213 | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 104 | {{Party shading/National Republican}} | '''109''' | β | β | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} rowspan=2 | [[John Quincy Adams]] |- | [[20th United States Congress|20th]] | 1827β1829 | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 48 | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | '''27''' | {{Party shading/National Republican}} | 21 | β | β | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 213 | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | '''113''' | {{Party shading/National Republican}} | 100 | β | β |- ! colspan=2 | ! colspan=5 | Senate ! colspan=5 | House of Representatives ! |}
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