[wideminded]

The Attack on the Republicans In October 1798, a Vermont Republican congressman, Matthew Lyon, became the first person to be put on trial under the Sedition Act.

To be precise, Lyon was a member of the Damocratic-Republican Party.

"The Democratic-Republican Party was founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison around 1792. Supporters usually identified themselves as Republicans, but sometimes as Democrats." - Wikipedia

The Republican Party was not founded until 1854.

[LibertyRocks]

Even though it can cause confusion to those who don’t read the entire article it is right to define Lyon as a “Republican” (though not the same as today’s definition of such) vs. the other party of the time which espoused “Federalism”.

[Plus, this would probably cause a few liberals’ brains to explode so that’s just an added benefit that to me overrides any possible confusion! LOL — just joshing of course!]