Definition of Federal party

1. Noun. A major political party in the United States in the early 19th century; founded by Alexander Hamilton; favored a strong centralized government.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Federal Party

Federal Aviation Agency
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Federal Communications Commission
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Federal Home Loan Bank System
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
Federal Housing Administration
Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros
Federal Judiciary
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
Federal Party
Federal Protective Service
Federal Republic of Germany
Federal Republic of Nigeria
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve note
Federal Security Bureau
Federal Security Service
Federal Trade Commission
Federal soldier
Federalist Party

Literary usage of Federal party

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1861)
"The States' right party and the federal party die- liked or cherished the Government because of the general conviction that it was a constituted and ..."

2. History of the United States of America by Henry William Elson (1904)
"FALL OF THE federal party The federal party reached the acme of power and popularity just after the XYZ explosion in the spring of 1798. ..."

3. The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government by Jefferson Davis (1881)
"The old federal party inclined to nationalism, or consolidation, ... The Whig, which succeeded the old federal party, though by no means identical with it, ..."

4. The Cradle of the Confederacy: Or, The Times of Troup, Quitman, and Yancey by Joseph Hodgson (1876)
"The federal party Reorganize upon the Slavery Question— Continued War ... Ad verse fortune and ill-judged policy had brought the federal party to its end. ..."

5. The History of the United States of America by Richard Hildreth (1851)
"DIVISION OF THE federal party. COMMISSIONS UNDER THE BRITISH TREATY SUSPENDED. ... The federal party now, for the first time, had become strong enough, ..."

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