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  2. Andrew Jackson - Wikipedia

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    Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was the seventh president of the United States, serving from 1829 to 1837. Before his presidency, he gained fame as a general in the U.S. Army and served in both houses of the U.S. Congress. Often praised as an advocate for ordinary Americans and for his work in preserving the union of states ...

  3. History of the Democratic Party (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The modern Democratic Party emerged in the late 1820s from former factions of the Democratic-Republican Party, founded by Thomas Jefferson in 1793, and had largely collapsed by 1824. [4] It was built by Martin Van Buren who assembled many state organizations to form a new party as a vehicle to elect Andrew Jackson of Tennessee.

  4. Jacksonian democracy - Wikipedia

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    Jacksonian democracy was a 19th-century political philosophy in the United States that expanded suffrage to most white men over the age of 21 and restructured a number of federal institutions. Originating with the seventh U.S. president, Andrew Jackson and his supporters, it became the nation's dominant political worldview for a generation.

  5. Presidency of Andrew Jackson - Wikipedia

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    Legacy. v. t. e. The presidency of Andrew Jackson began on March 4, 1829, when Andrew Jackson was inaugurated as President of the United States, and ended on March 4, 1837. Jackson, the seventh United States president, took office after defeating incumbent President John Quincy Adams in the bitterly contested 1828 presidential election.

  6. Democratic Party (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The Democratic Party was founded in 1828. Martin Van Buren of New York played the central role in building the coalition of state organizations that formed a new party as a vehicle to elect Andrew Jackson of Tennessee. The Democratic Party is the world's oldest active political party.

  7. 1832 United States presidential election - Wikipedia

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    Democratic. The 1832 United States presidential election was the 12th quadrennial presidential election, held from Friday, November 2 to Wednesday, December 5, 1832. Incumbent president Andrew Jackson, candidate of the Democratic Party, defeated Henry Clay, candidate of the National Republican Party. The election saw the first use of the ...

  8. Andrew Jackson 1828 presidential campaign - Wikipedia

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    Jackson launched his campaign on January 8, 1828, with a major speech on the 13th anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans from 1815, thus marking the birth of the Democratic Party. [1] Jackson accepted John C. Calhoun, incumbent vice president under John Quincy Adams, as his running mate. [2]

  9. 1828 United States presidential election - Wikipedia

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    Andrew Jackson. Democratic. The 1828 United States presidential election was the 11th quadrennial presidential election. It was held from Friday, October 31 to Tuesday, December 2, 1828. It featured a repetition of the 1824 election, as President John Quincy Adams of the National Republican Party faced Andrew Jackson of the Democratic Party.