A Unique or An Unique? Just another note about the challenges of the English language. Why a unique... rather than an unique...? When a u word is pronounced as though it begins with a y (yoo nique), it's treated more like the consonant sound of the y. So, a university, an umbrella, a usual day, an unusual day.
The Democratic-Republican Party was an American political party formed by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in 1791â93 to oppose the centralizing policies of the new Federalist Party run by Alexander Hamilton, who was then Secretary of the Treasury and chief architect of George Washington's administration.
Political Parties of the Presidents. Note: The Republican party was renamed the Union party for the 1864 election. Therefore, Lincoln also served under the Union party label. For Washington's initial election, political parties were not in existence. He became associated with the Federalist party after he was in office.