Precursors to the party had included the political grouping "Juna Dreaptă" (November 1868) and the newspaper Timpul (founded March 1876).
As a result, in 1913, the Conservatives accepted some reforms, such as the universal suffrage promoted by the Liberals.
In 1917, under pressure from the Liberals, rather than oppose modifications to the Constitution, the Conservatives did not accept the changes and tried to adapt.
In January 1908, Take Ionescu left to found the Conservative Democratic Party (Partidul Conservator-Democrat, PCD).
In May 1915, Nicolae Filipescu led a group out of the party that favoured joining World War I on the Entente side; in October 1916, the Filipescu and Ionescu groups fused as the Conservative Nationalist Party (Partidul Conservator Naţionalist).