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Originally Posted by Cal
Actually thinking back to my childhood , I beleive he was a Whig, not a Democrat  |
Jefferson was a founder of what today is the Democratic Party. Washington came before that and was not a member of a political party. Clay started the Whigs later. Of course Jefferson would never recognize the current party that evolved from his party. From wikipedia "The party insisted on a strict construction of the Constitution... The party promoted states' rights ...the party opposed such Federalist policies as high tariffs...