THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES POLITICAL PARTY IN THE WORLD TRACING HERITAGE THOMAS JEFFERSON JAMES MADISON PARTY SECOND PARTY SYSTEM PRESIDENTS ANDREW JACKSON MARTIN VAN BUREN JAMES POLK SENATOR STEPHEN DOUGLAS ILLINOIS VIOLENTLY PARTY CONVENTION PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION THE DEMOCRATS THE OPPOSITION WHIG PARTY PARTIES HARD BUILD GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS MAXIMIZE TURNOUT REACHED PERCENT PATRONAGE FINANCE EMERGING BIG CITY POLITICAL MACHINE NATIONAL THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY FARMERS URBAN NEW IMMIGRANTS ATTRACTIVE IRISH IMMIGRANTS INCREASINGLY THE PARTY MACHINERY LESS EVANGELICAL PROTESTANTS SOCIAL WESTWARD EXPANSION MANIFEST DESTINY GREATER EQUALITY WHITE OPPOSITION TO THE NATIONAL BANKS THE ERA THE CIVIL WAR THE GREAT DEPRESSION REPUBLICAN PARTY ORGANIZED THE RUINS THE WHIG PARTY SMALLER SPLINTER DOMINANT PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS TERMS OFFICE GROVER CLEVELAND PRESIDENT PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON PROVED COMPETITIVE THE REPUBLICANS CONGRESSIONAL HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THE CONGRESS CONGRESSES THE MAJORITY THE UNITED STATES SENATE SPLIT BOURBON DEMOCRATS REPRESENTING EASTERN BUSINESS THE AGRARIAN ELEMENTS COMPRISING IN THE SOUTH MARCHING BEHIND SLOGAN FREE SILVER MONETARY INFLATION CAPTURED NOMINATED THE GREAT COMMONER WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN NEBRASKA BRYAN WILSON LEADERS THE PROGRESSIVE FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT NEW YORK FIFTH PARTY SYSTEM POLICIES THE NEW DEAL COALITION COMBAT THE EMERGENCY BANK FINANCIAL DEPRESSION FAMOUS WALL STREET CRASH GOING CRISES LEADING UP TO THE SECOND WORLD WAR FINALLY THE WHITE HOUSE CONTROL THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT ROOSEVELTS DEATH THE END OF THE WAR ADMINISTRATION OF VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED HARRY S TRUMAN MISSOURI ELECTIONS STUNNER DECADE THE EARLY THE GOVERNOR ADLAI STEVENSON VICE PRESIDENT SAME NAME POPULAR WAR HERO COMMANDING GENERAL IN WORLD WAR II GENERAL DWIGHT EISENHOWER BRIEF INTERRUPTIONS WORLD WAR II LOWER HOUSE THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS IN THE HOUSE SENATE THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE MAJORITY CHAIRS THE UPPER HOUSE SENATES COMMITTEE DEMOCRATIC PROGRESSIVE LYNDON JOHNSON TEXAS KENNEDY BROTHERS MASSACHUSETTS ROBERT EDWARD TEDDY THE FLAG MODERN AMERICAN POLITICAL LIBERALISM PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF DEMOCRATS THE LAST WINNING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER GEORGIA PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON ARKANSAS PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA SOCIAL SCIENTISTS THEODORE CAPLOW TOWARD THE CENTER THE MODERN DEMOCRATIC PARTY FACTIONS CADRE POLITICIANS STATE TENNESSEE THE SPIRIT OF JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY ANIMATED SHAPING DISAPPEARANCE THE FEDERALISTS THE ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS HIATUS PERSONAL RIVAL NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY LABORERS ACCEPTANCE PAMPHLETS STUMP CONSENSUS POLITICAL VALUES NORTON WIDE RANGE THE JEFFERSONIAN CONCEPT AGRARIAN SOCIETY VIEWED THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT THE ENEMY CORRUPT BARGAIN SUSPICION WASHINGTON JACKSONIANS FEARED CONCENTRATION ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL BELIEVED GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION ECONOMY CORPORATE MONOPOLIES ARTISAN ORDINARY ENDING FEDERAL SUPPORT PAPER CURRENCY DEFINITION OF PROPER ROLE OF GOVERNMENT JACKSONS POLITICAL POWER NEGATIVE EXERCISED VETO PREVIOUS SUPPORTERS REFORM EAGER TURN LEGISLATION ACTIVE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION PUBLIC SCHOOLS RESTRICTED LIBERTY INTERFERING WITH PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY FREEDOM OF RELIGION CHURCH SCHOOLS SHARE NO SYMPATHY AMERICAN INDIANS THE TRAIL OF TEARS WEAKEST NEW ENGLAND STRONG ELSE THANKS TO STRENGTH PENNSYLVANIA VIRGINIA POPULOUS THE AMERICAN FRONTIER ELITES WHIGGISH BUILD UP INDUSTRY EXPENSE YEOMAN INDEPENDENT HISTORIAN FRANK TOWERS DIVIDE STOOD SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE CONSTITUTIONAL MAJORITY RULE GENERAL PRINCIPLE OF WHIGS THE RULE OF LAW WRITTEN MINORITY MAJORITY TYRANNY BANKING TARIFFS DOMESTIC POLICY EXPANSION NEW FARM EXPULSION ACQUISITION VAST NEW LAND IN THE WEST THE WAR MEXICO NATIVISM DIVIDED ISSUE LOCOFOCOS NEW YORK CITY HARD MONEY FREE TRADE CHIEF SPOKESMAN WILLIAM LEGGETT AT THIS TIME LABOR UNION FOREIGN POLICY MAJOR BRITAIN THE ELECTION THE DEMOCRAT WHIG HENRY CLAY THE TEXAS JOHN MACK FARAGHER ANALYSIS POLITICAL POLARIZATION WHOLEHEARTED THE NORTH CHANGES INDUSTRIALIZATION GOVERNMENT POLICIES GUIDE DEVELOPMENT COUNTRYS EXISTING BOUNDARIES RAISED SLAVERY TERRITORIES ON THE OTHER HAND THE ANSWER THE NATIONS SOCIAL ILLS WAS TO CONTINUE FOLLOW VISION AGRICULTURE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES ORDER DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL THE CONVENTION LEWIS CASS GENERAL ZACHARY TAYLOR CAUSE FREE SOIL PARTY PARTICULARLY ELECTORAL VOTES CONGRESS CONTROVERSIAL COMPROMISE OF IN STATE PERMANENT ADVANTAGES DIVISION OPPOSITION STOP FRANKLIN PIERCE JAMES BUCHANAN STEPHEN DOUGLAS PRESIDENT BUCHANAN FURIOUS BATTLE NOMINATION SOUTHERN WING WALKED EYAL HEYDAY FACTION YOUNG DEMOCRATS YOUNG AMERICA FINANCIER AUGUST BELMONT BROKE STRICT CONSTRUCTIONIST ORTHODOXIES THE PAST EMBRACED THE MOVEMENT CIRCLE WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT GEORGE BANCROFT HERMAN MELVILLE NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE EUROPEAN STANDARDS HIGH CULTURE WANTED EXCELLENCE EXCEPTIONALISM AMERICAS TRADITION ECONOMIC POLICY SAW NECESSITY INFRASTRUCTURE HARBORS THE MARKET REVOLUTION PROMOTED