Andrew Jackson founded the Democratic Party to rival the National Republican Party
Who started the Democratic Party? Who started the Democratic Party?
The Democratic-Republican party
The Texas Democratic Party was founded in the year 1846. It is headquartered in the city of Austin, Texas and the Senate leader is Kirk Watson.
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Thomas Jefferson and James Madison founded the Democratic-Republican party, the forerunner to the modern Democratic party, in 1791.
Founded in 1828
Thomas Jefferson and James Madison were the democratic-republicans who founded the party in 1790.
The majority of African American voters support the Democratic Party over the Republican Party. The modern Democratic Party was founded in 1828.
The Democratic Party traces its origins to the Democratic-Republican Party, founded by Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and other influential opponents of the Federalists in 1792. Although both died in debt, neither could be called poor. So to answer your question, the Democratic-Republican party was founded by men of not insubstantial means, albeit not neccessarily "rich."
thomas jefferson
The Democratic-Republicans