In some circumstances, a president’s official Farewell Address to the Nation may be an occasion for sunny reflection.

Inconveniently, Jackson ... by the first Democratic National Convention, and there is something to be said for the man who founded what is now the world's oldest political party.

Andrew Jackson's tombstone is etched with three ... dinners in search of less controversial standard-bearers. The Democratic Party is wrestling with Jackson's support of slavery and his ruthless ...

Andrew, then thirteen years old ... While his use of the symbol died down, the donkey would later become a symbol of the new Democratic Party. Supporters of Adams accused Jackson of being a tyrant who ...

Unfortunately for the Democratic Party, Nast was also a committed Republican ... between the Democrats and donkeys. In 1828, when Andrew Jackson was running for election, rivals gave him the ...

The Democratic Party will gather in Chicago ... other mostly forgotten attempts on the lives of American leaders: Andrew ...

The portrait of Andrew Jackson has returned to the ... Indians west on the Trail of Tears. Inconveniently, Jackson was long a Democratic icon, nominated for his second term in 1832 by the first ...