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Revision as of 10:51, 14 October 2002 by Malcolm Farmer (talk | contribs) (deorphan New Deal Coalition)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)The Democratic Party is a United States political party. The modern Democratic Party was started by followers of Andrew Jackson. (It is not to be confused with the Democratic-Republican party of Thomas Jefferson). Since the New Deal the Democrats have adopted policies to the left of the Republican Party.
See also New Deal Coalition
Democratic Party President of the United States:
- Andrew Jackson (1829-1837)
- Martin Van Buren (1837-1841)
- James Knox Polk (1845-1849)
- Franklin Pierce (1853-1957)
- James Buchanan (1857-1861)
- Grover Cleveland (1885-1889)
- Grover Cleveland (1893-1897
- Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921)
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1933-1945)
- Harry S. Truman (1945-1953)
- John F. Kennedy (1961-1963)
- Lyndon Johnson (1963-1969)
- Jimmy Carter (1977-1981)
- Bill Clinton (1993-2001)
Presidential candidates:
- Andrew Jackson (Lost: 1824, Won: 1828, 1832)
- Martin Van Buren (Won: 1836, Lost: 1840)
- James Knox Polk (Won: 1844)
- Lewis Cass (Lost: 1848)
- Franklin Pierce (Won: 1852)
- James Buchanan (Won: 1856)
- John C. Breckinridge (Lost: 1860)
- George B. McClellan (Lost: 1864)
- Horatio Seymour (Lost: 1868)
- Horace Greeley (Lost: 1872)
- Samuel J. Tilden (Lost: 1876)
- Winfield S. Hancock (Lost: 1880)
- Grover Cleveland (Won: 1884), 1892, Lost: 1888)
- William Jennings Bryan (Lost: 1896, 1900, 1908)
- Alton B. Parker (Lost: 1904)
- Woodrow Wilson (Won: 1912, 1916)
- James M. Cox (Lost: 1920)
- John W. Davis (Lost: 1924)
- Alfred E. Smith (Lost: 1928)
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (Won: 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944)
- Harry S. Truman (Won: 1948)
- Adlai Stevenson (Lost: 1952, 1956)
- John F. Kennedy (Won: 1960)
- Lyndon Johnson (Won: 1964)
- Hubert H. Humphrey (Lost: 1968)
- George McGovern (Lost: 1972)
- Jimmy Carter (Won: 1976, Lost: 1980)
- Walter F. Mondale (Lost: 1984)
- Michael S. Dukakis (Lost: 1988)
- Bill Clinton (Won: 1992, 1996)
- Al Gore (Lost: 2000)