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The first two major parties in the United States were the Federalist Party and the Democratic-Republican Party. The Federalists experienced success in the 1790s but lost power in the 1800 elections and collapsed after the War of 1812. Many former Federalists, including John Quincy Adams, became members
Old party New party Notes John P. Jones: Nevada: 1901 56th: Silver Republican: Republican: Fred Dubois: Idaho: Silver Republican: Democratic: DuBois lost his re-election bid in 1896, was again elected as a Silver Republican in 1900, but became a Democrat early in the term. Henry M. Teller: Colorado: March 4, 1901 Silver Republican: Democratic ...
Republican: Independent: Caucused with the Democrats after becoming an independent, giving Democrats a majority in the US Senate. His switch became the only time in US history that a party switch resulted in a change of party control of the Senate. [29] [30] Robert M. La Follette Jr. Wisconsin: May 1934: 74th: Republican: Wisconsin Progressive
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) attempted to squash questions that he was preparing to change parties after openly playing ball with President Trump and Capitol Hill Republicans. The Pennsylvania ...
July 11 (Reuters) - Co-host of MSNBC's "Morning Joe" and former Republican U.S. congressman Joe Scarborough said on Tuesday that he is leaving the Republican party and becoming an independent ...
2022 – Brandon Phinney, New Hampshire state representative switched to the Libertarian Party [463] before switching back to the Republican Party in 2022. [464] 2022 – Miles Taylor, former chief of staff of the United States Department of Homeland Security left the Republican Party to become an independent, then joined the Forward Party. [465]
To win a Republican primary nationally, statewide or in all but the deepest red congressional districts, a candidate would have to be — dare we say — normal.
Another notable switch took place in 2001 when Senator Jim Jeffords of Vermont left the Republican Party to become a political independent, which placed the Senate in Democratic control. [24] Another notable example is when in April 2009, Arlen Specter , a Republican senator from Pennsylvania , switched to the Democratic Party.