Federalists Major Par ties; n and FIGURE 9-1 1792 Democratic Republicans Third parties:〓 American political Parties since 1789 The chart indicates the years that parties either ran presidential candidates or held national conventions. The life span for National Re publicans many political parties can only be Democrats Ant-Mason approximated, because parties existed at Whigs Liberty the state or local level before they ran Free soil candidates in presidential elections, and Republicans Constitutional American( Know-Nothing) parties continued to exist at local levels Southern Democrat long after they ceased running presidential candidates. Not every party Liberal Republican Prohibition Greenback fielding a presidential candidate is Socialist represented in the chart Labor Nation Populist Democrats Socialist (Bull Moose (La Follette) Progressive Communist Union States (H. Wallace) 194 Workers (G. Wallace Workers Amencan Word Independent Communist Libertarian U.S Socialist Populist Citizens'lI Labor Unity Natural Green Reform Law SOURCEs: Congressional Quarterly. Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elctions 2d ed.(Washington, D.C.: David Gillespie, Politics at tie A+/ery( Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1993) a? Congressional Quarterly Press, 1985).P 224: Congressional Quarterly Weekly Rrport(1988).p3184; and authons'update