In 1992 a coalition of independent state parties united to form the U.S. Taxpayers Party with the common goal of limiting the Federal Government to its constitutional boundaries and restoring civil government to the principles our country was founded upon. Some of the state affiliate parties have adopted the national party name while others have adopted or retained a different name. In 1992, the party’s presidential candidate, Howard Phillips was on the ballot in 21 states with Albion Knight Jr. as Phillips’ running mate. In 1995, the party became the fifth political party to be formally recognized by the Federal Election Commission as a national political party. In 1996 the party achieved ballot access in 39 states, with Howard Phillips as its presidential nominee and Constitutional scholar Herb Titus as its vice-presidential nominee.

In 1999, at its national nominating convention for the 2000 elections, convention delegates chose to change the party name to "Constitution Party" believing that the new name better reflected the party’s primary policy approach of enforcing the U.S. Constitution’s provisions and limitations. Also at that convention, Howard Phillips was elected to be the party’s presidential nominee for the 2000 elections. Dr. J. Curtis Frazier of Missouri was selected as his vice-presidential running mate at a meeting of the Party's National Committee over the Labor Day weekend of 2000.

In the 2000 elections, the Constitution Party achieved presidential ballot access in 41 states and qualified write-in candidate status in 7 others. This made for a total of 48 states where people were able to cast their votes for Constitution Party candidates. In addition, the party fielded over 100 candidates nationwide for offices ranging from the federal to the local levels of government.

The challenges our nation faces are dire and pervasive. Therefore, the Constitution Party maintains its focus on identifying, training and preparing candidates for future elections at all levels of government, from the local level on up. In support of this objective and to raise public awareness, the party has built its membership and organization at the state, county and local level.

The Constitution Party strongly champions the principles of government laid down by our Founding Fathers in the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, principles which have been abandoned by our political establishment. Unlike other political organizations, we do not believe these principles are outdated. We recognize that the Constitution of the United States of America is the supreme law of the land and must be enforced.

The proper and lawful apportionment of governmental authority between the Federal, State and local governments is the only one that the Founders rightly saw as necessary for freedom and justice. Only after that constitutional order is restored can we reverse America’s slide into lawlessness, corruption and tyranny.

The Constitution Party is the only party which is completely pro-life, against special rights for homosexuals, pro-American sovereignty, anti-globalist, anti-free trade, anti-deindustrialization, anti-unchecked immigration, pro-gun, and against the constantly increasing expansion of unlawful police laws, in favor of a strong national defense and opposed to unconstitutional interventionism.