How popular is Dorothy? Dorothy is a very popular first name for females (#10 out of 4276, Top 1%) and also a very popular surname for both adults and children (#25845 out of 150436, Top 17%).
The Democratic Party traces its origins to the inspiration of the Democratic-Republican Party, founded by Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and other influential opponents of the Federalists in 1792. That party also inspired the Whigs and modern Republicans.
James Madison and Thomas Jefferson started the  Democratic-Republican party (but they just called it the Republican  party). They created the Republican party to oppose the â¦ Federalist  party. The Republican party that they created was the second  political party in the United States.