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...atic-Republican Party|Jacksonian]] (later [[National Republican Party|Anti-Jacksonian]]) to the [[United States Senate]] in 1827. He was reelected in 1833 and se ...the gravitational swing of the Whigs to identify with "the North" and the Democrats as the party of "the South," led the way to the sectional party politics of

...sident, he was a key figure in building the organizational structure for [[Jacksonian democracy]], particularly in New York State. However, as a President, his ...prime architect of the first nationwide political party: the [[Jacksonian Democrats]]. In Van Buren's own words: "Without strong national political organizatio

...States House of Representatives|Congress]], Polk was a firm supporter of [[Jacksonian democracy]]. He opposed the [[Second Bank of the United States]], favored ...n]]. Van Buren's term was a period of heated political rivalry between the Democrats and the [[United States Whig Party|Whigs]], with the latter often subjectin

The Democrats nominated Buchanan in [[U.S. presidential election, 1856|1856]] largely bec ...he government suddenly faced a shortfall of revenue, partly because of the Democrats' successful push to lower the [[tariff]]. Buchanan's administration, at the

...t the [[Battle of New Orleans]] (1815), and the [[eponym]] of the era of [[Jacksonian democracy]]. He was a polarizing figure who dominated [[Politics of the Un ...candidate."<ref>{{Citation | last=Rutland | first=Robert Allen | title=The Democrats: From Jefferson to Clinton | pages=48-49 | year=1995 | publisher=University

...decline of the Jeffersonian Republicans, the ascendancy of the Jacksonian Democrats, and the removal of the Indians to Oklahoma and set the stage for the Civil