Second Party System
Phase in U.S. electoral politics (1828–1854)
Second Party System
The Second Party System was the political party system operating in the United States from about 1828 to 1860, after the First Party System ended. The system was characterized by rapidly rising levels of voter interest, beginning in 1824, as demonstrated by Election Day turnouts, rallies, partisan newspapers, and high degrees of personal loyalty to parties. Two major parties dominated the political landscape: the Democratic Party, led by Andrew Jackson, and the Whig Party, assembled by Henry Clay from the National Republicans and from other opponents of Jackson. Minor parties included the Anti-Masonic Party, an important innovator from 1827 to 1834; the abolitionist Liberty Party in 1840; and the anti-slavery expansion Free Soil Party in 1848 and 1852. The Second Party System reflected and shaped the political, social, economic and cultural currents of the Jacksonian Era, until succeeded by the Third Party System. This party system materialized from two realignments in 1824. The first...
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