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| | Democratic Party (United States) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Andrew Jackson, the first Democratic President of the United States (1829-1837). | | | Democrat James Buchanan was elected in 1856, but his Kansas policies so angered Douglas that the party divided bitterly in the late 1850s into three major factions, the pro-slavery Southern Democrats, the pro-Southern northern Democrats led by Buchanan, and the anti-slavery northern Democrats led by Douglas. | | | In the election of 1884, Grover Cleveland, the reforming Democratic Governor of New York, won the Presidency. |
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| | The Democratic Party |
| | In 1798, the "party of the common man" was officially named the Democratic-Republican Party and in 1800 elected Jefferson as the first Democratic President of the United States. | | | Democratic Party leader William Jennings Bryan led a movement of agrarian reformers and supported the right of women's suffrage, the progressive graduated income tax and the direct election of Senators. | | | The Jacksonian Democrats created the national convention process, the party platform, and reunified the Democratic Party with Jackson's victories in 1828 and 1832. |
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| | Handbook of Texas Online: DEMOCRATIC PARTY |
| | The party's county executive committee consists of the precinct chairmen plus a county chairman who is elected in the primary by the Democratic voters in the county as a whole. | | | By law the state committee is responsible for overseeing the party primary and for canvassing the returns. | | | Nevertheless, the state GOP continued to gain strength into the early 1990s, demonstrating its ability to compete not only in gubernatorial and senatorial races but in such down-the-ballot offices as state treasurer, agriculture commissioner, state Supreme Court justice, and railroad commissioner, as well as in various county and local posts. |
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| | The Avalon Project : Democratic Party Platform; June 18, 1860 |
| | Resolved, That the Democratic party will abide by the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States upon these questions of Constitutional Law. | | | Resolved, That the enactments of the State Legislatures to defeat the faithful execution of the Fugitive Slave Law, are hostile in character, subversive of the Constitution, and revolutionary in their effect. | | | Inasmuch as difference of opinion exists in the Democratic party as to the nature and extent of the powers of a Territorial Legislature, and as to the powers and duties of Congress, under the Constitution of the United States, over the institution of slavery within the Territories, |
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http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/dem1860.htm
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| | The Democratic Party (Harpers.org) |
| | This is The Democratic Party, a political party and a United States bureaucracy. | | | The Democratic Party demonstrated its seriousness of purpose by failing to mount a filibuster to block the confirmation of former senator John Ashcroft, who was defeated by a dead man in the last election; Ashcroft was sworn in as Attorney General by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in a private ceremony. | | | The Democrats were thinking of dropping abortion rights from their platform, in order to appeal to “values” voters; many Democratic leaders want to promote adoption over abortion. |
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| | CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATIC PARTY V. JONES |
| | Because there is no heavier burden on a political party’s associational freedom, Proposition 198 is unconstitutional unless it is narrowly tailored to serve a compelling state interest. | | | The District Court held that the primary& burden on petitioners’ associational rights was not severe and was justified by substantial state interests. | | | The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. |
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| | History of the UN |
| | History of the UN The name "United Nations", coined by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt, was first used in the "Declaration by United Nations" of 1 January 1942, during the Second World War, when representatives of 26 nations pledged their Governments to continue fighting together against the Axis Powers. | | | The United Nations officially came into existence on 24 October 1945, when the Charter had been ratified by China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States and by a majority of other signatories. | | | Poland, which was not represented at the Conference, signed it later and became one of the original 51 Member States. |
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http://www.un.org/aboutun/history.htm
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| | SolanoDems |
| | Donate to the Solano County Democratic Central Committee! | | | "The Solano County Democratic Central Committee will support the goals and objectives of the Democratic Party of the United States and the California Democratic Party, and will engage in all necessary and proper activities in support of that goal, including but not limited to: | | | the support of Democratic Clubs and other Democratic organizations in Solano County;the election of qualified Democratic candidates to Federal, state, and local office; and the development of a network of local campaign resources." |
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| | United States Democratic Party - Simple English Wikipedia |
| | The United States Democratic Party is one of the two major political parties in the United States. | | | Sometimes they are called "the left" or "liberals", even though not all Democrats are left-wing or liberal. |
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| | XPDNC - United States State Democratic Party Links |
| | XPDNC - United States State Democratic Party Links | | | Link Listing of State Headquarters of the National Democratic Party | | | Click on any state abbreviation above or any number below to display the corresponding links |
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