Question

Early leaders of the United States who preferred a strong role for the central government became the first members of the

Answer 1

Famous members, among others, Alexander Hamilton, the first Treasury Secretary of the United States and John Adams, the first vice president and second president of the United States. 
The Democratic-Republican Party was the American political party in the 1790s of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison formed in opposition to the centralizing policies of the Federalist party. It was the second political party in the United States, and was organized by Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in 1791–93 to oppose the Federalist Party run by Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton.
Federalist Party were the first.
 Today its the republicans. 
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Answer 2

Answer:

The federalist party was the first

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