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navigation, search  The Virginia dynasty is a term sometimes
used to describe the fact that four of the first five Presidents
of the United States were from Virginia. The term sometimes
excludes George Washington, who, though a Virginia planter, was
closely aligned with the policies of the Federalist Party, and
was succeeded by his Vice President, John Adams of
Massachusetts. The first five presidents were, in order, George
Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and
James Monroe.  The defeat of Adams in 1800 by his Vice
President, Thomas Jefferson, who had previously served as
Washington's Secretary of State, marked the true beginning of
the Virginia Dynasty, which is usually associated with what is
now called the Democratic-Republican Party, although it was
generally referred to as simply the "Republican" or
"Jeffersonian" Party at the time. Jefferson served two terms
before retiring, in the Washingtonian precedent, in favor o