Name the modern political party of the following Founders

[Alexander Hamilton]

Which modern party do you think the following would each belong to?

Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Charles Pinckney
Alexander Hamilton
Thomas Jefferson
John Jay

[WMS]

This should be predictable, for the most part.

"Everyone I like" = "My Party"

"Everyone I don't like" = "The Other Party"

Complete with a lack of historical context for this reasoning.

At least the Libertarian replies should be interesting.

[Swedish Rainbow Capitalist Cheese]

Which modern party do you think the following would each belong to?

Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Charles Pinckney
Alexander Hamilton
Thomas Jefferson
John Jay

There were two founders  named Thomas Jefferson?

Anyway, I belive most of them would be either Libretarian leaning Republicans or Moderate Democrats. 

[Vepres]

They'd all be disgusted with all the parties and be independents. I guess I could see Hamilton as a Republican.

[Alexander Hamilton]

I can see Adams, Hamilton, Pinckney, Jay, and Jefferson as Republicans. I know that sounds weird to see that group all under one tent. Franklin and Madison as Democrats. Maybe Pinckney could be a Democrat as well.

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Benjamin Franklin - liberal Democrat
John Adams - Republican
Thomas Jefferson - Democrat
James Madison - Democrat
Charles Pinckney - not sure
Alexander Hamilton - Democrat
John Jay - Democrat

[Хahar 🤔]

The vast majority of them would be Republicans. Political debate in the early republic was between financial and agricultural interests, both of which are now largley represented in the Republican Party.

[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

Benjamin Franklin- independent

John Adams- moderate Republican

James Madison- Reagan Democrat--> Reagan Republican

Charles Pinckney- Southern Democrat holdover

Alexander Hamilton- Rockefeller Republican

Thomas Jefferson- Ron Paul Republican

John Jay- moderate Democrat

George Washington- Buchananite Republican


It's hard to see any of the founding fathers identifying with Obama's modern Democratic Party.

[Lief 🗽]

The vast majority of them would be Republicans. Political debate in the early republic was between financial and agricultural interests, both of which are now largley represented in the Republican Party.

The kind of agricultural interests the D-R's argued in favor of no longer exists. Jefferson would be no friend of corporate farms (or corporate anythings).

Most of these guys, with the exception of Hamilton and co., would have been disgusted by the state of America since about the 1880s or so. They'd all likely be radical revolutionaries.

[Dr. Cynic]

Benjamin Franklin - Democrat

John Adams - Liberal Republican

Thomas Jefferson - Everyone forgets that when faced with a choice, Jefferson often disregarded his consitutional scruples in favor of federal expansion (see Purchase, Louisiana) Democrat

James Madison - Republican

Charles Pinckney - Republican or Constitution

Alexander Hamilton - Moderate Republican

John Jay - Centrist Democrat

[Scam of God]

Benjamin Franklin - liberaltarian-ish Democrat.

John Adams - nationalist Republican.

Thomas Jefferson - Libertarian, or, more likely, Independent.

George Washington - Buchanan Republican

Charles Pinckney - Republican or Constitution

John Jay - Democrat

James Madison - Democrat

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Franklin: Liberal Democrat

Adams: Moderate Republican

Jefferson: Blue-dog Democrat

Madison: Blue-dog Democrat

Hamilton: Maverick Republican

Jay: Moderate Republican

Pickens: Republican

[liberalkid]

i'll start by saying i'm probably wrong, and am just thinking..
Benjamin Franklin- incredibly independent, but Democratic in spirit
John Adams- hmmmm.... probably a moderate Republican

James Madison- Republican
Charles Pinckney- i know who he is- no idea
Alexander Hamilton- Republican
Thomas Jefferson- left-wing Democrat
John Jay- moderate, slightly Democratic (after the GOP'S slandering of lawyers

[WillK]

Which Pinckney is it? 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Pinckney_%28governor%29
or
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Cotesworth_Pinckney

Which modern party do you think the following would each belong to?

Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Charles Pinckney
Alexander Hamilton
Thomas Jefferson
John Jay

[WillK]

In the early party system Adams, Jay, and Hamilton were in the same party together while Jefferson and Madison where their opponents. So it would seem logical to cluster them in a similar way. 

Benjamin Franklin - liberal Democrat
John Adams - Republican
Thomas Jefferson - Democrat
James Madison - Democrat
Charles Pinckney - not sure
Alexander Hamilton - Democrat
John Jay - Democrat

[Psychic Octopus]

The vast majority of them would be Republicans. Political debate in the early republic was between financial and agricultural interests, both of which are now largley represented in the Republican Party.

I think Xahar has it right. Not that the Republicans should be particularly proud of this feat.

[Bo]

Franklin: Liberal Democrat

Adams: Moderate Republican

Jefferson: Blue-dog Democrat

Madison: Blue-dog Democrat

Hamilton: Maverick Republican

Jay: Moderate Republican

Pickens: Republican

Seems about right.

[jokerman]

The vast majority of them would be Republicans. Political debate in the early republic was between financial and agricultural interests, both of which are now largley represented in the Republican Party.

Describing Jefferson's agrarian republicanism as "agricultural interests" is demeaning and incorrect.  I'd probably say the same thing about Hamilton's mercantile nationalism, but I'm not sure.  Either way, history has not always been as materialistic as it is now.

[Rob]

Most of these guys, with the exception of Hamilton and co., would have been disgusted by the state of America since about the 1880s or so. They'd all likely be radical revolutionaries.

And they would be savaged on Fox News as America-hating traitors.

[jokerman]

Most of these guys, with the exception of Hamilton and co., would have been disgusted by the state of America since about the 1880s or so. They'd all likely be radical revolutionaries.

And they would be savaged on Fox News as America-hating traitors.

I'm not so sure about that.  You're right about Hamilton, Jay, etc.., they helped build America as the superpower it is today.  They'd be neoconservative Republicans or perhaps Geithner/Rubin-style Democrats.  

I could actually see Franklin as one of the TEA partiers.

Obviously in Jefferson's time the greatest threat to liberty was collusion between the state and privileged interests (clergy, aristocracy, etc..); however, he recognized the threat of the monied interests even in their infancy, so I'm not entirely sure that, placed in this modern setting, he wouldn't recognize the that the overwhelming threat of monied interests requires a powerful state as a counterbalance.

And certainly Madison, a pragmatic intellectual, would be a Democrat.

Adams reminds me a lot of John McCain.