In 1828, when Andrew Jackson was running for ... Jackson is cast as Balaam astride an ass—the Democratic party—giving it a vicious beating because it refuses to do as he asks.

The 1828 election was early in the history of ... What could a Whiggish Democratic Party unite around? Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy’s recent suggestion of “power de-concentration” could ...

The 1828 election was early in the history of our republic ... Some of its members, such as Clay, had been lifelong Democratic-Republicans, the party founded by Thomas Jefferson that Jackson’s rise ...