ABSTRACT
Alexander Hamilton was the one-man national committee for the Federalists just as Thomas Jefferson was for the Democratic-Republicans. The Federalists were replaced for the most part by the National Republicans. Organizing a national-level party structure was a major problem for these predecessors of the Republican party. The National Republicans were never as well organized as the Jacksonians, except in some cities and states in New England. The New York state Anti-Mason convention of February 1829 issued a call for a national convention to be held on September 11, 1830, in Philadelphia. The National Intelligencer at Washington, whose large circulation made it an important link among the anti-Jacksonian elements, in 1830 proposed Clay for the presidency. The National Republicans instead met in Baltimore on December 12, 1831. The National Republican campaign began promptly. Congress soon sent Tyler a bill reestablishing a national bank.
