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Jesse Jackson ran for president twice, competing in the Democratic Party's Presidential primary in 1984 and again in 1988.
Andrew Jackson essentially founded a national Democratic party. The party split just before the Civil War and had to re-organize almost totally. Samuel Tilden was the first candidate of the reformed Democratic Party to have a serious chance of winning.
Franklin Pierce was the fourth Democratic Party Presidential Nominee to be elected President after Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren and James K. Polk.
The Democratic party founded by Jackson won six elections. After the Civil War, the modern Democratic party emerged and they have won the presidency 15 times.
Jesse Jackson, Sr. was the first person of African descent to campaign for a major-party presidential nomination, in 1984 (the Democratic Party). Jesse Jackson competed for the Democratic Party Presidential Nomination again in 1988. Alan Keyes campaigned for the Republican Party Presidential Nomination in 1996, 2000 and 2008. Herman Cain campaigned for the Republican Party Presidential Nomination in 2000 and 2012. Al Sharpton and Carol Moseley Braun campaigned for the Democratic Party Presidential Nomination in 2004. On August 27, 2008, Barack Obama officially became the first person of African descent to receive a major-party U.S. Presidential Nomination.
The U. S. Presidential Election of 1824 was the last to have nominees from the Democratic-Republican Party. In 1828, Andrew Jackson ran as a nominee of the Democratic Party, and John Quincy Adams ran as a nominee of the National Republican Party, predecessor to the Whig Party.
The now-famous Democratic donkey was first associated with Democrat Andrew Jackson's 1828 presidential campaign. His opponents called him a jackass (a donkey), and Jackson decided to use the image of the strong-willed animal on his campaign posters. Later, cartoonist Thomas Nast used the Democratic donkey in newspaper cartoons and made the symbol famous.
James Polk ran as a Jackson Democrat in 1844 and defeated the Whig candidate , Henry Clay.
Andrew Jackson
Jackson served 2 terms while adams had 1. jackson was democratic and adams was democratic republican. jackson was liked and adams was not.
cuz he was.