Patronage and a Party Machine

I NVESTIGATIONS in the last decade or so have shed much light on the evolution of party machinery in the period of the Federalists and Democratic-Republicans. These studies have picked up where George Luetscher left off more than sixty years ago.' In their quest for an understanding of the origins and growth of party machinery in the United States, recent students of party politics have focused particularly on the Democratic-Republican party, and they have often conducted their inquiries at the state level, producing detailed and accurate accounts of the early stages in the development of political machinery.2

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• Believing the Ladies Had Great Influence”

  Catherine Allgor•American Political Thought•2015

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