A Unique or An Unique? Just another note about the challenges of the English language. Why a unique... rather than an unique...? When a u word is pronounced as though it begins with a y (yoo nique), it's treated more like the consonant sound of the y. So, a university, an umbrella, a usual day, an unusual day.
The Democratic-Republican Party was an American political party formed by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in 1791â93 to oppose the centralizing policies of the new Federalist Party run by Alexander Hamilton, who was then Secretary of the Treasury and chief architect of George Washington's administration.
Answer by Matthew Parker. Confidence votes 2.6K. Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was the third US President from March 4, 1801 to March 4, 1809. His party was called the Republicans but was not related to the present-day Republican party. It favored states' rights and individual rights as opposed to a stronger federal government.