Federal Republican Party (Peacock-Shahs Alternate Elections)

The Federal Republican Party, also referred to as the FedReps, is one of the two major, contemporary political parties in the United States, along with its main rival, the Farmer-Labor Party.

The Federal Republicans were founded in 1876 by party leadership of two rival political parties, the Democratic-Republican Party and the Federalist Party, brought together by a shared opposition to the electoral domination of the now defunct Labor Pary which brought many economic and social reforms such as Prohibition and an 8-hour workday. It was simultaneously strengthened by the collapse of the Labor Party, which collapsed after the Populist split heralded by Ignatius L. Donnelly. Upon founding, the Federal Republican party supported the gold standard and civil rights while opposing the nationalization of railroads. James Longstreet was the first Federal Republican president. Under the leadership of Longstreet and a Federal Republican Congress herded by House Speaker John D. White and Senate Majority Leader Augustus Hardenberg, the passing of the Three Acts of 1877 was pursued which included the Civil Rights Act of 1877, the Chinese Exclusion Act, and the Wise Tariff, these plans would soon be defeated after the assassination of President Longstreet and the ascension of then-Vice President Edward S. Bragg to the presidency who vetoed all three acts. The Federal Republicans are generally dominant during the midterms.

As of early 1900, there have been 3 Federal Republican presidents and three of the nine sitting U.S. Supreme Court justices were nominated by Republican presidents including the Chief Justice.

19th century


The Federal Republican Party was founded after the Democratic-Republican Party and the Federalist Party merged in opposition to the Labor Party heralded by the President, John Bidwell who’s popularity became too hefty to bear for the two parties separately. The Federal Republican Coalition held its first national convention in 1872 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where former Democratic-Republican President John Adams Dix was nominated for president, though John C. Frémont was originally considered a shoe-in before he declined consideration due to his personal friendship with President John Bidwell, alongside former Federalist Vice President Henry Taylor Blow. Although the ticket went on to lose handedly to incumbent president John Bidwell in the 1872 election, the nomination of John Adams Dix and subsequent support from former Federalists, despite Dix’s anti-tariff record, proved a major victory for unity within the volatile coalition which would not officially merge until 1876. The 1874 Congressional Elections showed the need for the coalition to form into an official party when the Federalists and Democratic-Republicans won a combined slim majority in the House of Representatives.



At the 1876 Federal Republican National Convention, the party nominated dark horse candidate Colonel James Longstreet of Georgia for president who proved the perfect choice for unity when the Federal Republican coalition officially became a uniform political party. Alongside Longstreet’s presidential nomination, who leaned Federalist ideologically, the convention nominated Democratic-Republican firebrand, Representative Edward S. Bragg from Wisconsin for Vice President. The party adopted a national platform emphasizing the preservation of the gold standard, the implementation of a protective tariff, the pursuit for civil rights legislation and the upholdment of the doctrine of State’s Rights. The ticket went on to win the 1876 election in a landslide due to the collapse of the Labor Party when Ignatius L. Donnelly split from the party and formed the Populist Party.