This Might be deserving of a new Thread but I will lay it out here since it is relative,provoked by post #43 to wich I investigated and came across this.i realized not that so many partys and afilliations thrived in the early days of America.well here it is took me abit to read through it but I found it very good read and Interesting being the novice I am.
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/cha...n_history.html