Political Factions and Political Parties,
                                    1780s-Present 

1780s


State Legislatures
 


Cosmopolitans
 (Faction)


Localists
  (Faction)

1787-1790


Ratification of Constitution
 


Federalists


Anti-Federalists

1790-1816


1st Party System
 


Federalist


Republican
 (Democratic- Republican)

1816-1824


Era of Good Feelings
 

 
Republican
  (Democratic-Republican)

1828-1852


2nd Party System
(Jacksonian Party System)
 


National Republican
           (Whig)


Democratic

1854-Present


3rd Party System
(Civil War Party System)
 


Republican


Democratic