The Democratic Party and the Republican Party have never been together as a single party.
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James Madison's political party affiliation was the "Democratic-Republican Party" a party organized by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. The Democratic and Republican parties as we know them today did not exist at that time. The Republican Party was started in 1860 when a group split off from the Democratic Party which had changed and evolved from the original Democratic-Republican Party.
The modern Democratic Party in the US originated with the Republican Party: now referred to as the Democratic-Republican Party (1791-1825). The Democratic Party was founded in 1828. After the original Democratic-Republican Party split in 1825, those who opposed Democratic president Andrew Jackson formed the Whig Party in 1833.
The Democratic Republican Party didn't actually evolve into a modern day party. The original party was often referred to as just the Republican Party. The modern day Republican Party was named as an homage to the original Republican Party.
After Andrew Jackson's election in 1828, his party became known as the Democratic party.
Thomas Jefferson created a party called the Democratic-Republican party, and his policies were somewhat different from the modern Republican Party.