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Constitutional Convention
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Jefferson elected as president
Thomas Jefferson elected as a democratic president which influenced a time of democrats -
President Jackson elected
Andrew jackson elected and had a democratic party made up of farmers, debtors, slaveholders, and frontier pioneers. -
Republican party is formed
The Republican party is formed and it drew interest from whigs, and antislavery activists -
Lincolns rise to fame
Abraham Lincolns election thrust the US into civil war and also put the Republicans in the front seat of government -
Return of the democrats
the great depression started to bring dominance back to the democratic party led by FDR -
A government divided
After 1968, neither party consistently holds the office and congress is mostly held by an opposing party.
