National Republican
1 member of the United States National Republican Party has governed for a total of 2 years:
- John Quincy Adams(1825-1829) was the president when the Democratic-Republican Party split. He led the National Republicans (aka: Anti-Jacksonians) along with Henry Clay ( who later founded the Whig Party).
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