Political Factions and Political Parties,
                                    1780s-Present 

1780s


State Legislatures
 


Cosmopolitans
 (Faction)


Localists
  (Faction)

1787-1790


Ratification of the Constitution
 

Federalists


Anti-Federalists

1790-1816


1st Party System
 


Federalist


Republican
 (Democratic- Republican)

1816-1824


Era of Good Feelings
 

Republican
  (Democratic-Republican)

1824-1854


2nd Party System
(Jacksonian Party System)
 

 Whig
(National Republiccan, 1824-1834)

Democratic

1854-Present


3rd Party System
(Civil War Party System)
 


Republican


Democratic