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Democratic party.
For the origin and early development of the party, see the article Republican party.
Its main tenets were strict construction of the Constitution and opposition to extension of the federal powers.
Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe were members of the then dominant party, and under the last-named President party lines for a short time disappeared in the so-called era of good feeling.
Soon afterwards the Democrats came under the leadership of Jackson, and were opposed to the National Republicans and Whigs.
Jackson's successor, Van Buren, was a Democrat.
A Whig interval (1841-45) ensued.
Then followed the Democratic administration of Polk, succeeded (1849-53) by another Whig administration.
Pierce and Buchanan were the last Presidents elected by the party for a long period.
In the general confusion caused by the increasing prominence of slavery the Democrats at first profited, while the Whigs disappeared.
In the Civil War many war Democrats acted temporarily
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Depew , Chauncey Mitchell ,1834 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dickerson , Mahlon ,1770 -1853 (search)
Dickerson, Mahlon, 1770-1853
Statesman; born in Hanover, N. J., April 17, 1770; graduated at Princeton in 1789; practised law in Philadelphia, where he became recorder of the city court.
He returned to New Jersey, was elected a member of the legislature in 1814, governor of the Statein 1815, and United States Senator in 1816.
He was Secretary of the Navy under Presidents Jackson and Van Buren.
He died in Succasunna, N. J., Oct. 5, 1853.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Duane , William John ,1780 -1865 (search)
Duane, William John, 1780-1865
Lawyer; born in Ireland in 1780; was Secretary of the United States Treasury in 1833, but was opposed to General Jackson's action in the matter of the United States Bank, and was therefore removed from office.
He died in Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 27, 1865.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Eaton , John Henry ,1787 -1856 (search)
Eaton, John Henry, 1787-1856
Statesman; born in Tennessee in 1787; was United States Senator from Tennessee in 1818-29; resigned to become Secretary of War under President Jackson; appointed governor of Florida Territory in 1834; resigned to become United States minister to Spain in 1836.
He published a Life of Andrew Jackson, who was his colleague in the Senate for two years. He died in Washington, D. C., Nov. 17, 1856.
See Eaton, Margaret L. O'Neill.
Eaton, John Henry, 1787-1856
Statesman; born in Tennessee in 1787; was United States Senator from Tennessee in 1818-29; resigned to become Secretary of War under President Jackson; appointed governor of Florida Territory in 1834; resigned to become United States minister to Spain in 1836.
He published a Life of Andrew Jackson, who was his colleague in the Senate for two years. He died in Washington, D. C., Nov. 17, 1856.
See Eaton, Margaret L. O'Neill.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Eaton , Margaret L. O'Neill ,1796 -1879 (search)
Eaton, Margaret L. O'Neill, 1796-1879
Daughter of William O'Neill, an Irish hotel-keeper in Washington; born in 1796, and after the death of her first husband, John B. Timberlake, she married John Henry Eaton, United States Senator from Tennessee.
Upon the appointment of her husband to the office of Secretary of War, Mrs. Eaton was not recognized socially by the wives of the other members of the cabinet.
President Jackson interfered, and demanded that Mrs. Eaton should receive the usual social courtesies.
In consequence of these social quarrels, a disruption of the cabinet took place in 1831.
After Mr. Eaton's death his widow married an Italian.
She died in Washington, Nov. 8, 1879.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Emucfau, battle of. (search)
Emucfau, battle of.
On a bend in the Tallapoosa River, in Alabama, was a Creek village named Emucfau.
Jackson, with a considerable force, approaching the place (Jan. 21, 1814), saw a wellbeaten trail and some prowling Indians, and prepared hi
Falkland Islands, the
In 1831 the policy of President Jackson towards foreign nations was intimated in his instructions to Louis McLane, his first minister to England, in which he said, Ask nothing but what is right; submit to nothing that is wrong.
In this spirit he dealt with the lessee of the Falkland Islands, lying east of Patagonia, South America.
These islands were under the protection of Buenos Ayres, and had been leased to Don Louis Vernet, who undertook to compel sailing vessels to take out license to catch seals under his authority.
He captured three American vessels, and when the news of this and other outrages reached the United States, the President, always prompt in the vindication of the rights of his countrymen against foreign aggressors, sent Captain Duncan, in the ship-of-war Lexington, to protect American sealers in that region.
In December, 1831, he broke up Vernet's establishment, restored the captured prop-
Fair Oaks. erty to the owners, and sent sev
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Falling waters, skirmish near. (search)