When Andrew Jackson won the 1828 presidential election, his victory also set into motion a political shift that would result ...
The eighth president of the United States, the so-called little magician, saw political parties as the key to achieving power ...
Andrew Jackson's tombstone is etched with three ... dinners in search of less controversial standard-bearers. The Democratic Party is wrestling with Jackson's support of slavery and his ruthless ...
The Democratic Party is older, officially founded in 1844 but with origins in President Andrew Jackson's 1824 campaign and roots in — and here's where it gets a little confusing — Thomas ...
Andrew, then thirteen years old ... While his use of the symbol died down, the donkey would later become a symbol of the new Democratic Party. Supporters of Adams accused Jackson of being a tyrant who ...
The modern Democratic Party emerged in the 1820s under the leadership of Andrew Jackson, who became the party's first ...
Somehow, however, one institution always seems to escape that: the Democratic Party ... been removing the names of Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson from annual events. Mark Hemingway looks ...