technically speaking, the modern democratic party did not start until the 1900s, so this answer would be wrong. unless of course TJ was still alive in the 1900s. but then we have a whole other problem there....
The Democratic-Republican Party, or modern-day Democratic Party.
His beliefs were in line with Jeffersonian-Republicans, in the election of 1824 he was considered a Democratic-Republican, by the 1828 election he dropped Republican and became the first president of the Democratic party. Don't confuse his Democratic party with the modern Democratic party. The names/party is the same, but ideas on the role of government are different.
The Democratic Party. The modern Democratic Party, with it's penchant for a large federal bureaucracy and massive government, is hardly representative of Jefferson's political views. At the same time, the modern Republican Party, with it's policies of restrictive social liberty, would not be home for Jefferson either. Jefferson's type of Republicanism would more likely be comparative to the modern day Libertarian Party, with it's focus on State's rights, personal and economic liberty, and non-intrusive military policy.
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Andrew Jackson founded the Democratic Party to rival the National Republican Party
The Democratic-Republican party of the late 18th and early 19th centuries became the modern Democratic party.
Thomas Jefferson and James Madison founded the Democratic-Republican party, the forerunner to the modern Democratic party, in 1791.
Andrew Jackson
The majority of African American voters support the Democratic Party over the Republican Party. The modern Democratic Party was founded in 1828.
The Democratic Republican Party didn't actually evolve into a modern day party. The original party was often referred to as just the Republican Party. The modern day Republican Party was named as an homage to the original Republican Party.
The modern Democratic Party in the US originated with the Republican Party: now referred to as the Democratic-Republican Party (1791-1825). The Democratic Party was founded in 1828. After the original Democratic-Republican Party split in 1825, those who opposed Democratic president Andrew Jackson formed the Whig Party in 1833.
The Democratic-Republican Party, or modern-day Democratic Party.
Democratic Party 1792 Called the Democratic-Republican Party / 1820s The modern day Democratic Party Thomas Jefferson 1792 / Andrew Jackson 1820s Political Viets--American Liberalism, American Progressivism, Social Liberalism
He founded the republican party, which is the precursor to the Democratic party.
Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
thomas jefferson
Grover Cleveland was the first successful presidential candidate of the modern Democratic Party- maybe you could say he created it.