Democratic Party

Examples of Democratic Party in the following topics:

• Jackson and the Democratic Party

  • The modern Democratic Party arose in the 1830s out of factions from the largely disbanded Democratic-Republican Party.
  • The modern Democratic Party was formed in the 1830s from former factions of the Democratic-Republican Party, which had largely collapsed by 1824.
  • The new Democratic Party became a coalition of farmers, city-dwelling laborers, and Irish Catholics.
  • A major cause of his defeat was the new Free Soil Party, which opposed slavery expansion and split the votes of the Democratic Party, particularly in New York where the electoral votes went to Taylor.
  • Describe the key moments in the development of the Democratic Party

• Depression Politics

  • The midterm elections of 1894 brought a major Republican victory and fragmented the Democratic Party.
  • The fragmented and disoriented Democratic Party was crushed everywhere outside the South, losing more than half its seats to the Republican Party.
  • Some of the Bourbons sat out the 1896 election or tacitly supported McKinley, the Republican nominee; others created the third party ticket of the National Democratic Party led by John M.
  • Most Bourbons returned to the Democratic party by 1900 or 1904 at the latest.
  • Bryan demonstrated his hold on the party by winning the 1900 and 1908 Democratic nominations as well; in 1904, a Bourbon, Alton B.

• Whigs and Democrats

  • Following the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the Democratic Party also experienced an internal split.
  • Many Northern, antislavery Democrats flocked to the Free-Soil coalition and joined Northern Whigs to form the Republican Party, whereas Southern, proslavery Democrats coalesced to form the Southern Democratic Party.
  • As a result, the Democrats became almost entirely a Southern party platform, alienating any existing Northern supporters who were largely antislavery.
  • President Andrew Jackson was hailed as the founder of the Democratic Party.
  • Examine the points of contention within the Whig and Democratic Parties

• The Populist Party and the Election of 1896

  • The Populist Party backed the Democratic candidate William Jennings Bryan in the 1896 election.
  • The People's Party, also known as the "Populists Party", was a short-lived political party in the United States, established in 1891 during the Populist movement.
  • As a minority member of the resolutions committee, Bryan was able to push the Democratic Party from its laissez-faire and small-government roots towards its modern, liberal character.
  • His "Cross of Gold" speech made him the sensational new face in the Democratic party.
  • A two-thirds vote was required for the Democratic Party nomination and at the Convention the silverites just barely had it, despite the extreme regional polarization of the delegates.

• The Know-Nothings and Democrats

  • This fear of Catholic immigration led to a dissatisfaction with the Democratic Party, who broadly appealed to immigrants and lower-class laborers.
  • The Democratic Party was formed in the 1830s around President Andrew Jackson and the primary domestic issues of banking and tariffs.
  • While the Democrats survived, many northern Democrats flocked to the Free Soilers coalition and the newly-formed Republican Party, while Southern, proslavery Democrats formed the Southern Democratic Party.
  • The result of this sharp split in the Democratic Party after 1854 was that Democrats were unable to mobilize an effective, united political platform, in order to prevent the Republicans from achieving a majority in the Electoral College.
  • President Andrew Jackson was hailed as the founder of the Democratic Party.

• The Republican Alternative

  • The Democratic-Republican Party, was an American political party founded around 1791 by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.
  • The Republican Party, usually called the Democratic-Republican Party, was an American political party founded about 1791 by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.
  • In its early years, the Democratic-Republican party originally coalesced around Jefferson, especially over foreign affairs (.
  • The election wrought a complete shift in political power and ushered in a generation of Democratic-Republican Party rule.
  • Describe the formation of the Democratic-Republican party and the central grounds of its opposition to the Federalists

• The Election of 1852

  • The presidential election of 1852 was the last time the Whig Party nominated a candidate; the party collapsed shortly thereafter.
  • Arguing that Pierce was a “Northern man with Southern principles,” Democrats were able to make a case for his nomination that appealed to both Northern and Southern party members.
  • Southern Democrats were convinced that Pierce's administration would secure the future of slavery in the territories, while Northern Democrats were relieved to nominate a candidate who did not espouse radical proslavery or antislavery principles.
  • Hence, the slavery issue split the party from the outset, which would continue to cause conflict among Democrats for much of Pierce's administration.
  • During his years in office, Pierce’s support of the Compromise of 1850—particularly his rigorous enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act—appalled and alienated many Northerners, including factions of the Democratic Party.

• The Second Party System

  • The Second Party System, consisting largely of the Democrats and Whigs, contributed to rising levels of voter investment and partisanship.
  • While democratic practices had been in ascendance since 1800, the year also saw the further unfolding of a democratic spirit in the United States.
  • Supporters of Jackson called themselves Democrats or the Democracy, giving birth to the Democratic Party and thus inaugurating the Second Party System.
  • The major parties during this time included the Democratic Party, led by Andrew Jackson, and the Whig Party, assembled by Henry Clay from the National Republicans and other opponents of Jackson.
  • The Whig Party operated from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s and was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic Party.

• The People's Party and the Election of 1896

  • Discontent with the two major political parties during the 1896 election year led to strong third party efforts by the People's Party.
  • Some people—mostly Democrats—joined the far-left Populist Party.
  • Silver forces were supported by the Democratic National Bimetallic Committee, the umbrella group formed in 1895 to support silver Democrats in their insurgency against Cleveland.
  • Gold Democrats looked to the President for leadership, but Cleveland, trusting few in his party, did not involve himself further in the gold efforts; he spent the week of the convention fishing off the New Jersey coast.
  • By 1896, the Democratic Party took up many of the People's Party's causes at the national level, and the party began to fade from national prominence.

• The "Reign of Witches"

  • The "Reign of Witches" was a descriptive catchphrase used by Democratic-Republicans to criticize the Federalist Alien and Sedition Acts.
  • "The Reign of Witches" is a termed used by Democrat-Republicans to describe the Federalist party and John Adams after the passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts.
  • Hence, Jefferson, Madison, and other Democratic-Republicans combatted the Alien and Sedtion acts by mobilizing widespread party support during the1800 election campagin and defending those persecuted under the legislation.
  • They believed the Federalist party was unconstitutionally developing a tyrannical centralized government.
  • The Federalists, on the other hand, were suspicious of the Democrat-Republican party's affinity for France, especially since in the released dispatches of the XYZ affair, agent "Y" had boasted of the existence of a "French" party in American politics.