List of political parties in the United States

This is a list of political parties in the United States, both past and present.

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

Parties with federal representation

Current United States Congressional seats

Congressional leadership of the House of Representatives

Congressional leadership of the Senate

The Vice President of the United States has the additional duty of President of the Senate. Because the number of seats in the United States Senate is an even number (two senators per state), it is the Vice President's job as President of the Senate to cast a tie-breaking vote in the event that "they be equally divided"--an equal number of Senators voting both for and against a motion.

Political parties

Regional parties

These parties are based only in states or certain regions and rarely, if ever, offer candidates for national offices. These are all parties that are unaffiliated with national parties. Each state has official state chapters of the major parties as well as some of the minor parties.

Alaska

• Alaskan Independence Party
• Republican Moderate Party of Alaska

Connecticut

• Connecticut for Lieberman

Delaware

• Blue Enigma Party
• Independent Party of Delaware

Florida

• Florida Whig Party

Hawaii

• Aloha Aina Party

Illinois

• Moderate Party

Maryland

• Populist Party of Maryland

Minnesota

• Ecology Democracy Party
• Grassroots Party

Montana

• Constitution Party of Montana

New Jersey

• New Jersey Conservative Party

New York

• Conservative Party of New York State
• Liberal Party of New York
• New York State Right to Life Party
• Marijuana Reform Party
• Rent Is Too Damn High Party^[1]
• Tax Revolt Party of Nassau County
• Taxpayers Party of New York
• Working Families Party

Ohio

• Charter Party (Cincinnati only)

Oregon

• Constitution Party of Oregon
• Independent Party of Oregon
• Oregon Progressive Party

Rhode Island

• Moderate Party of Rhode Island

South Carolina

• United Citizens Party

Vermont

• Vermont Progressive Party
• Liberty Union Party

Wisconsin

• Progressive Dane (Dane County only)

Historical parties

The following parties are no longer functioning; they are listed in order of founding.

• Federalist Party (c. 1789 – c. 1820)
• Anti-Federalist Party (c. 1789 – c. 1792)
• Democratic-Republican Party (1792 – c. 1824)
• Toleration Party (1816 – c. 1827)
• Anti-Masonic Party (1826–1838)
• National Republican Party (1829–1833)
• Nullifier Party (1830–1839)
• Whig Party (1833–1856)
• Liberty Party (1840–1848)
• Law and Order Party of Rhode Island (1840s)
• Free Soil Party (1848–1855)
• Anti-Nebraska Party (1854)
• American Republican Party (1843–1854)
• American Party (a.k.a. "Know-Nothings") (c. 1854 – 1858)
• Opposition Party (1854–1858)
• Constitutional Union Party (1860)
• National Union Party, (1864–1868)
• Readjuster Party (1870–1885)
• People's Party of Utah (1870–1891)
• Liberal Party (Utah) (1870–1893)
• Liberal Republican Party (1872)
• Greenback Party (1874–1884)
• Anti-Monopoly Party (1884)
• People's Party (a.k.a. "Populists") (1887–1908)
• Silver Party (1892–1902)
• National Democratic Party ("Gold Democrats") (1896–1900)
• Silver Republican Party (1896–1900)
• Social Democratic Party (1898–1901)
• Home Rule Party of Hawaii (1900–1912)
• Socialist Party of America (1901–1972)
• Independence Party (a.k.a. "Independence League") (1906–1914)
• Progressive Party 1912 (a.k.a. "Bull Moose Party") (1912–1914)
• National Woman's Party (1913–1930)
• Non-Partisan League (1915–1956)
• Farmer-Labor Party (1918–1944)
• Proletarian Party of America (1920–1971)
• Progressive Party 1924 (1924)
• Communist League of America (1928–1934)
• American Workers Party (1933–1934)
• Workers Party of the United States (1934–1938)
• Union Party (1936)
• American Labor Party (1936–1956)
• America First Party (1944) (1944–1996)
• States' Rights Democratic Party (a.k.a. "Dixiecrats") (1948)
• Progressive Party 1948 (1948–1955)
• Vegetarian Party (1948–1964)
• Constitution Party (1950s) (1952–1968?)
• American Nazi Party (1959–1967)
• Puerto Rican Socialist Party (1959–1993)
• Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (1964)
• Black Panther Party (1966–1970s)
• Youth International Party (a.k.a. "Yippies") (1967)
• Communist Workers Party (1969–1985)
• People's Party (1971–1976)
• U.S. Labor Party (1975–1979)
• Concerned Citizens Party (1975–1992)
• Citizens Party (1979–1984)
• New Alliance Party (1979–1992)
• Populist Party of 1980s–1990s (1984–1994)
• Looking Back Party (1984–1996)
• Grassroots Party (1986–2004)
• Independent Party of Utah (1988–1996)
• New Party (1992–1998)
• Natural Law Party (1992–2004)
• Veterans Party (2003–2008)
• Christian Freedom Party (2004)
• Personal Choice Party (2004-2006?)

Non-electoral organizations

These organizations do not nominate candidates for election but otherwise function similarly to political parties. Some of them have nominated candidates in the past.

See also

• List of frivolous political parties
• List of political parties by country
• List of political parties in Puerto Rico
• List of state Constitution Parties in the U.S.
• List of state Green Parties in the U.S.
• List of state Libertarian Parties in the U.S.
• Party system
• Political party strength in U.S. states
• Politics of the United States
• Two-party system
• Third party (United States)

References

Further reading

• Nash, Howard P., Jr.; Schnapper, M. B. (1959). Third Parties in American Politics. http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=14118542. 
• Ness, Immanuel; Ciment, James (2000). The Encyclopedia of Third Parties in America. Armonk, NY, U.S.A.: Sharpe Reference. ISBN 0-7656-8020-3. 

External links

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