the power of the Federalist Party was in terminal decline. Federalism was born in 1787, when Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison wrote 85 essays collectively known as the Federalist ...

The party traces its origins back to the Democratic-Republican Party, founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in the ...

James Madison, the "Father of the Constitution ... As president, Madison helped establish the Democratic-Republican Party of Jeffersonian ideals. He asked Congress to declare war on Britain ...