The Democratic party is the oldest existing political party in America. Democrats have won 19 of 42 presidential elections since the party first ran a presidential candidate (Andrew Jackson) in 1828.

Legacy Andrew Jackson is of the most portrayed chief executives in the history of presidential portraiture, reflecting his stature as a military hero and an authoritative leader. Caricaturists ...

Andrew Jackson's tombstone is etched ... the 2016 presidential campaign as Democrats cast off Jackson and Thomas Jefferson from state party fundraising dinners in search of less controversial ...

Shortly before Donald Trump’s return to the White House, staffers made sure to rehang an Andrew Jackson portrait that Joe Biden had removed. Trump described America’s seventh president as “a ...

Andrew Jackson secures the most votes ... but because Jackson’s embitterment propelled the rise of a new political party and thus new forms of political contest. From that moment forward ...

In 1836 they threw their support behind Andrew Jackson's successor ... Birney The Liberty Party was the political outgrowth of the growing anti-slavery movement. It had been born in 1839, when ...

Born: March 15, 1767, in Waxhaw, South Carolina... Jackson embodied the ideal of the self-made American man, and his populist appeal lay in his message of inclusion against what he characterized ...

A magnolia tree said to be planted by President Andrew Jackson at least 196 years ago is set to be removed from the White House grounds over safety concerns. In a Sunday post on Truth Social ...

The donkey and elephant became political symbols in the United ... The donkey first became associated with the Democratic Party during Andrew Jackson's presidential campaign in 1828.

By the early 19th century, rivalries among political factions in the new government ... With the realization of an in-and-out party system in the era of Andrew Jackson, advocacy replaced commemoration ...