Jacksonian Party

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The Jacksonian Party was a 19th-century American political movement aligned with Andrew Jackson that evolved into the Democratic Party and championed populist, pro-states’ rights, and anti-elitist policies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political faction
political movement
activeInCentury 19th century
alignedWith Andrew Jackson
associatedWithLeader James K. Polk
John C. Calhoun
Martin Van Buren
associatedWithPolicy Indian Removal Act of 1830
veto of the recharter of the Second Bank of the United States
baseOfSupport frontier settlers
small farmers
urban workers
corePrinciple limited federal government
majority rule
suspicion of concentrated economic power
country United States
declinedBy late 1840s
electoralStronghold American South
Western frontier states
emphasized executive branch power
presidential veto power
evolvedInto Democratic Party
helpedForm modern Democratic Party coalition
ideology Jacksonian democracy
linked to: Jacksonian era

anti-elitism
populism
pro–states’ rights
legacy expansion of white male suffrage
mass party politics in the United States
strengthening of the Democratic Party
notableElectionVictory United States presidential election of 1828
United States presidential election of 1832
opposed Second Bank of the United States
opposedBy National Republican Party
Whig Party
originatedFrom Democratic-Republican Party faction
politicalSpectrum center-left for its time
position Indian removal
expansionism
pro-slavery in the South
supported spoils system
universal white male suffrage
timePeriod 1820s
1830s
1840s

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William Hendricks memberOfPoliticalParty Jacksonian Party
Robert J. Walker politicalAlignment Jacksonian Democrat
linked to: Jacksonian Party
Felix Grundy memberOfPoliticalParty Jacksonian Party
Nullifier Party opposedBy Jacksonian Democrats
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Robert Y. Hayne politicalParty Jacksonian
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John Coffee politicalAlignment Jacksonian
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Archibald Stuart memberOf Jacksonian Party
Internal improvements debates politicalAlignment Jacksonian Democrats
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Davy Crockett politicalAlignment Jacksonian Democrat
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Jonathan Jennings partyAffiliation Jacksonian Party
Samuel Swartwout politicalAlignment Jacksonian Democrat
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Francis Preston Blair politicalAlignment Jacksonian Democrat
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Heman Lincoln Redfield politicalAlignment Jacksonian Democrat
linked to: Jacksonian Party
Joseph Desha memberOfPoliticalParty Jacksonian
linked to: Jacksonian Party
Erastus Root memberOfPoliticalParty Jacksonian
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Jonas Earll Jr. memberOfPoliticalParty Jacksonian
linked to: Jacksonian Party
Donelson family politicalAffiliation Democratic Party (historical alignment with Andrew Jackson)
subject linked to: the Donelson family
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William Pope Duval memberOfPoliticalParty Jacksonian
subject linked to: Governor Duval
linked to: Jacksonian Party
Gulian Crommelin Verplanck memberOf Jacksonian Party
David Rittenhouse Porter politicalIdeology American Jacksonian Democratic politics
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Augustus C. French politicalAlignment Jacksonian Democrat
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George McDuffie memberOfPoliticalParty Jacksonian Democratic Party
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Montfort Stokes memberOfPoliticalParty Jacksonian
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Hugh Lawson White memberOfPoliticalParty Jacksonian
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John Catron politicalAlignment Jacksonian Democrat
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Mahlon Dickerson memberOfPoliticalParty Jacksonian Party
Gabriel Holmes memberOfPoliticalParty Jacksonian Party