U.S. political party formed after the Jeffersonian Republicans split in 1825.
The National Republicans included followers of John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay and opponents of Andrew Jackson . Adams, the incumbent president, ran as the party's unsuccessful candidate in the 1828 presidential election. Its 1832 presidential nominee was Clay, whose platform endorsing a high tariff, internal improvements, and the Bank of the United States (see Bank War ). After losing again to Jackson, the party joined with conservatives and other anti-Jackson forces to form the Whig Party .