Collaborative Prime Ministers of the United States

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Prime Ministers of the United States

1789: George Washington (Independent) [1]
1793: George Washington (Independent)
1797: Thomas Jefferson (Republican) [2]
1801: Oliver Ellsworth (Federalist)

[1] George Washington is selected by the House of Delegates as the first Prime Minister unanimously.
[2] Thomas Jefferson and the Republicans win the 1797 general election, after Washington announces his retirement. 1797 marks the first general election in which political parties competed, compared to the previous non partisan system.

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Prime Ministers of the United States
1789: George Washington (Independent)(MP-Alexandria, VA) [1]
1793: George Washington (Independent)(MP-Alexandria, VA)
1797: Thomas Jefferson (Republican)(MP-Charlottesville, VA) [2]
1801: Oliver Ellsworth (Federalist)(MP-Hartford, CT)
1802: John Drayton (Republican)(MP-Charleston, SC)([3]
1805: Alexander Hamilton (Federalist)(MP-Manhattan, NY)
1807: Rufus King (Federalist)(MP Queens, NY)[4]
1810: Thomas Jefferson (Republican-Nullifier coalition)(MP-Charlottesville,VA[5]
1813: James Madison (Republican)-Nullifier coalition)(MP-Orange, VA)[6]
1816: Rufus King (Federalist)(MP-Queens,NY)
1819: John Quincy Adams (Federalist)(MP-Boston, MA)
1823: John Quincy Adams (Federalist)(MP-Boston, MA)
1826: John C. Calhoun (Republican)(MP-Abbeville, SC) [7]
1830: Andrew Jackson (Republican)(MP-Nashville, TN) [8]
1832: Andrew Jackson (Republican)(MP-Nashville, TN) [9]
1835: Andrew Jackson (Republican)(MP-Nashville, TN)
1839: Henry Clay (Federalist)(MP-Lexington, KY)[10]
1841: Henry Clay (Federalist)(MP-Lexington, KY)
1845: Henry Clay (Federalist)(MP-Lexington, KY)
1849: Martin Van Buren (Free Soil) (MP-Kinderhook) [11]
[1] George Washington is selected by the House of Delegates as the first Prime Minister unanimously.
[2] Thomas Jefferson and the Republicans win the 1797 general election, after Washington announces his retirement. 1797 marks the first general election in which political parties competed, compared to the previous non partisan system.
[3] The election of 1801 had resulted in a hung Parliament, where several Members who did not clearly belong to either party held the balance of power. Although the Republicans held more seats, a leadership dispute between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr resulted in Federalist Oliver Ellsworth becoming PM, but Ellsworth called for a new election within several months, which was won clearly by the leaderless Republicans. Organizing the first-ever political convention, the Republicans chose a dark-horse candidate - freshman member and former Governor John Drayton of South Carolina - for their leader. Drayton was duly elected PM.
[4] Hamilton proved to have a manipulative management style, causing resentment among both Federalist and Republican MPs. Rumors of a no-confidence vote began to emerge. In exchange for a promise not to force an early election, Federalist MPs agreed with Republicans to ease Hamilton out of the Premiership. Rufus King was chosen by the Federalist caucus to replace Hamilton.
[5] Former Prime Minister and current Foreign Secretary Thomas Jefferson leads the Nullifiers (a party formed on the basis of states rights in 1808) and the Republicans to form a coalition after the 1810 general election produces a hung parliament.
[6] Thomas Jefferson resigns over health concerns, handing the reigns of power to his protege, James Madison. Although Madison lacked the stature of Jefferson (figuratively and literally), he managed to keep the shakey coalition together, despite internal conflicts between the Republicans and the Nullifiers.
[7] Internal divisions within the Federalist Party as well as the Younger Adams's image as a snobby elitist contributed to the fall of his government. During that time, negotiations between the Republicans and the Nullifiers lead to a merger of the two party's with the selection of John C. Calhoun, popular with members of the aforementioned parties, as Prime Minister.
[8] Secretary of War Andrew Jackson leads a sudden revolt of Republican backbenchers, and takes over as Republican leader and Prime Minister. He manages to hold onto a majority after a snap election later in the year, and begins his crusade against the National Bank.
[9] Jackson holds a snap election to decide the fate of the Bank; he campaigns solely on the elimination of the National Bank, and is delivered a mandate: an increased majority
[10] The Panic of 1837 crippled the popularity of Prime Minister Andrew Jackson and the Republican Party. They waited as long as they could before holding an election, but in 1839 the Federalist's after 13 years in the opposition, finally regained control of the government under the leadership of Henry Clay, a MP from Lexington, Kentucky.
[11] Clay's continued compromises on the slavery issue over the ten years of his administration earned him a large amount of ire from anti-slavery Federalists. In the 1849 elections, Martin Van Buren, formerly Andrew Jackson's Deputy Prime Minister, led the Free Soil Party to hold a plurality in the government. Forming a coalition with the Federalists as well as a new "Independent Republican" faction, Van Buren had his majority. With a government southerners perceived as against the interests of slavery in power, a number of southern states began to secede in droves. Van Buren--a man who was, for the most part, a compromiser--took a tough line against the secessionist movement and ordered Winfield Scott and Zachary Taylor into the South. The American Civil War had begun.