It was the closest vote on any declaration of war in American history. Opposition had been particularly vehement in the Northeast. In New York that autumn of 1812, antiwar Federalist candidates ...

The public viewed the results of the War of 1812 so favorably that the Federalist Party faithful who had opposed the war witnessed their party's implosion.

The public viewed the results of the War of 1812 so favorably that the Federalist Party faithful who had opposed the war witnessed their party's implosion.