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.

The portrait of President Andrew Jackson has returned to the wall of the Oval Office, put up in time to greet President Donald Trump as he entered for the first time as the 47th president.

Jackson seized on his supporters’ frustrations, reorganizing the Democratic-Republican Party, which ultimately rebranded itself as the Democratic Party, in his own image.

The Democratic Party is older, officially founded in 1844 but with origins in President Andrew Jackson's 1824 campaign and roots in — and here's where it gets a little confusing — Thomas ...

Jackson seized on his supporters’ frustrations, reorganizing the Democratic-Republican Party, which ultimately rebranded itself as the Democratic Party, in his own image.

What Andrew Jackson Thought About Tariffs. ... It was a major issue in that year’s election that swept Jackson and his new party, the Democratic Republicans, into power.