Why did the Democratic-Republican Party split? Why didn't

>>1768065
Because federalism vs anti-federalism.

Why does he look so miserable in that painting?

Did he know what was ahead?

The Jefferson and Hamilton supporters where already at each others' throats before his second term

>>1768065
Washington was a man that was too good for this world.

>>1768117
That, and his teeth were super fucked up.

Semi-related, why did the Whigs stop being a thing?

>>1770399
They couldn't agree whether slavery was a Whig thing to support.

>>1768065
>hey guise dont do the political party thing k?
>btw federalists are always right and democratic-republicans can eat a dick lol
Probably because he was a flaming hypocrite whose second term can best be described as Hamilton's Sock Puppet.

>>1770470
>t. Strict constructionalist

>>1770470
t. Thomas Jefferson
>Calling others hypocrites

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>Adams desperately trying to hold things together after Washington
>Everybody is super-critical of him because of who he succeeded
>Stops war with Britain and France
>Gets manipulated by congress into signing a law he regrets for the rest of his life
>Everyone dismisses him as a mediocre president when he held the union together at a time when it could have completely collapsed

>>1773078
Paul Giamatti best president ever.