Talk:North Carolina's 2nd congressional district

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[edit] Political Party of Hutchins G. Burton

The Biographical Directory of the American Congress is fond of using the label "Crawford Republican" to describe certain members of the U.S. House in the early 1820s. Burton is one of these Representatives. The problem is that no one at the time ran using that party label. In fact, the label "Crawford Republican" makes no sense for candidates running before the Presidential election of 1824 and probably should not be used to describe party labels until after the contingent election of 1825.

During his time in office, Burton was supported by both the Democratic Republicans and the Federalists. North Carolina had quite a number of these moderate politicians; other examples include Thomas Wynns, William Kennedy, and William Porter. Burton served as a Presidential Elector on the Madison ticket in 1812. His party would be better reflected with either Democratic Republican or Federalist, but "Crawford Republican" does not reflect his service in Congress. Chronicler3 12:31, 2 February 2007 (UTC)