Dixiecrat Party

Dixiecrat
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Dixiecrat Party 	 	 	
Chairman: William Thomas Covington 	 	 	
Ideology: Radical Conservatism, Racism, Anti-Federalist, Patriotism.	 	 	
Founded: December 21, 1787 	 	 	
Dissolved: June 16, 1805 	 	 	
Color: Very Dark Orange 	 	 	
The Dixiecrat Party was founded on December 21, 1787 by John Coulter Covington and Jonathan Banks, under the original name, the Anti-Federalist Party. The party had been the successor to the Dixiecrat Party (1787) and the Freedom Party. In mid 1789 the party underwent infighting after Covington the Governor of South Carolina at the time got the state legislature to declare war on North Carolina while Jonathan Banks was governor of the state at the time, Banks having previously sent agents to interfere with the states politics. Banks was expelled from the Party, leading to him re-forming the Freedom Party, and with mostly South Carolina members, the party switched it's name to the Dixiecrat Party.
In almost every single midterm election since the house was created, the party has always had about seats in the single digits. 
In 1793 North and South Carolina would secede from the Union, and the war went poorly for them, John C. Covington would be caught by Henry Knox near the end of the First American Civil War, Covington would be sentenced to life in prison in 1794, and would remain politically active from his jail cell. In 1796, losing all hope, John C. Covington would hang himself with his bedsheets in his jail cell. Covington's son, Representative William Thomas Covington, would take over as the Chairman of the Party. 
Chairman of the Dixiecrat Party:
 	Name 	Home State 	Term
#1	John Coulter Covington 	South Carolina	May 14, 1787 - January 21, 1796
#2	William Thomas Covington	South Carolina	January 21, 1796 - March 30, 1805
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