Reply #11: Jefferson-Van Buren. 40 years, 24 before factionalism. [View All]

[carpetbagger]

Even if you argue that JQ Adams and Jackson essentially represented different parties, it still leaves 24 years under Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe.

If you argue that the one-party rule only existed until 1824, then you would also have to argue that the Republican's 24 year rule from 1860 to 1884 was also tainted by the ascension of Andrew Johnson to the presidency, a democrat who ran on the 1864 "national union" ticket with Lincoln.