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2007 – Lincoln Chafee, former Independent and Democratic governor of Rhode Island (2011–2015), former Republican U.S. senator for Rhode Island (1999–2007), switched from Republican to Independent in 2007, switched from Independent to Democrat in 2013 while serving as governor of Rhode Island, ran for President in the 2016 Democratic Party ...
Representative State District Date Congress Old party New party Notes Galusha A. Grow: Pennsylvania: 14th: February–June 1856 34th: Democratic: Republican
Republican: Democratic [112] Marshall Parker: Member of the South Carolina Senate from Oconee County: March 9, 1966: Democratic: Republican [113] Aaron Peña: Member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 40th district December 14, 2010: Democratic: Republican [114] Sonny Perdue: Member of the Georgia State Senate from the 18th district ...
Democratic-Republican 1778–1854 1833–1835 Democratic John J. Adams: 1883–1887: New York: Democratic: 1848–1919 John Quincy Adams: 1831–1834 Massachusetts National Republican: 1767–1848 1834–1848 Whig Parmenio Adams: 1824–1825 New York Democratic-Republican 1776–1832 1825–1827 National Republican Robert Adams Jr. 1893–1906 ...
Congress Old party New party Notes John P. Jones: Nevada: 1901 56th: Silver Republican: Republican: Fred Dubois: Idaho: Silver Republican: Democratic: DuBois lost his re-election bid in 1896, was again elected as a Silver Republican in 1900, but became a Democrat early in the term. Henry M. Teller: Colorado: March 4, 1901 Silver Republican ...
Third-party and independent members of the United States Congress are generally rare. Although the Republican and Democratic parties have dominated U.S. politics in a two-party system since 1856, some independents and members of other political parties have also been elected to the House of Representatives or Senate, or changed their party affiliation during their term.
The Republican Party and the American Party both sought to succeed the Whigs as the main opposition to the Democratic Party, and the Republicans eventually became the most popular party in the Northern United States. The Republicans absorbed many Northern Whigs, as well as some anti-slavery Democrats and much of the Free Soil Party.
Many Democrats on the social media platform expressed fear that the new party will siphon more votes away from Democrats, rather than Republicans, and end up helping Republicans in close races.