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By most accounts, the Democratic Party emerged in the 1830s, led by Martin Van Buren, who became president in 1837.
The campaign split the vote of the Democratic party.
The campaign split the vote of the Democratic party.
The campaign split the vote of the Democratic party.
Thomas Jefferson and James Madison started the Democratic-Republican party. When the parties split the democratic side was led by Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren.
Franklin Pierce was the fourth Democratic Party Presidential Nominee to be elected President after Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren and James K. Polk.
He was a member and a founder of the democratic party
The Democratic Party is the brainchild of Martin Van Buren from the remnants of the Democractic-Republican Party after the disaster of the 1824 election. The leader of the newly formed Democrat Party in the 1830's was first Andrew Jackson, then Martin Van Buren. The Democratic National Committee wasn't organized until 1848. The other portion of the Democratic-Republican Party became the Whigs until 1852 when Abraham Lincoln formed the Republican Party.
it provided a check on the temptation to abuse power.
Martin Van Buren failed to win the Democratic party nomination in 1944 mainly due to his refusal to support the annexation of Texas as a slave state. He was nominated by the anti-slavery Free Soil Party in 1948. The Free Soil Party was made up of antislavery democrats who were called "Barnburners".