Troup party
Troup party Crawford party Jackson party | |
|---|---|
| Leader | James Jackson John Milledge David Brydie Mitchell William H. Crawford George Troup |
| Founder | James Jackson |
| Founded | c. 1780s |
| Dissolved | November 13, 1833 |
| Succeeded by | Whig
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| National affiliation | Federalist Anti-Administration Party Democratic-Republican Jacksonian |
The Troup party, earlier called the Jackson and Crawford parties after its leaders, was a political faction in the state of Georgia aligning itself with the radicals of the Democratic-Republican Party and later the Jacksonians. Founded by James Jackson, the faction consisted of Virginian immigrants, aristocratic plantation owners, residents of the more prosperous and populated areas of the state. The faction opposed the local Federalist Party and the Clark party—a rival faction of Republicans led by John Clark.
During the Nullification Crisis, the factions fractured into nullifier and union (or anti-nullification) men. In the aftermath of the 1833 elections, Troup party leaders joined the Troup members of the General Assembly in a caucus, passing resolutions changing the name of the party to the State Rights Party of Georgia, adopting the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions as its official creed, and pledging to work for the repeal of the Force Bill. David Mitchell became the party's chairman. Clark Nullifiers joined the party and Troup Union men left for the Union Democratic Republican Party.