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Democratic Party
| May 21, 1832 | Democratic-Republicans hold a convention in Baltimore, nominating Andrew Jackson for President and Martin Van Buren for Vice-President. | Maryland |
| Election of 1832 | ||
| Andrew Jackson | ||
| Martin Van Buren | ||
| November 6, 1832 | Democratics Andrew Jackson and Martin van Buren defeat National Republicans Henry Clay and John Sergeant in Jackson's last presidential race. Two other men, John Floyd Sr. and William Wirt, also garner a few electoral votes | |
| Election of 1832 | ||
| May 20, 1835 May 22, 1835 |
Democrats hold their Presidential nominating convention in Baltimore more than a year before the election | Maryland |
| Election of 1836 | ||
| November 8, 1836 | Democrat Martin van Buren defeats Whigs William Henry Harrison, Hugh Lawson White, and Daniel Webster to become President | |
| Martin Van Buren | ||
| Election of 1836 | ||
| May 8, 1840 | Democratic National Convention in Baltimore nominates Martin Van Buren for President. | Maryland |
| Martin Van Buren | ||
| Election of 1840 | ||
| July 4, 1840 | Democrat Martin Van Buren signs the Independent Treasury Act into law | |
| Panic of 1837 | ||
| Martin Van Buren | ||
| November 3, 1840 | William Henry Harrison (Whig) defeats Martin Van Buren (Democrat) to become President of the United States | |
| Election of 1840 | ||
| Martin Van Buren | ||
| May 27, 1844 | The Democratic National Convention is held in Baltimore. On the ninth ballot the delegates nominate James Polk to run for President and George Dallas for Vice-President | Maryland |
| Election of 1844 | ||
| November 5, 1844 | James Polk [Democrat] defeats Henry Clay [Whig] to become President of the United States | |
| James Polk | ||
| Henry Clay | ||
| Election of 1844 | ||
| May 22, 1848 May 25, 1848 |
In a convention in Baltimore, Maryland, Democrats nominate Lewis Cass for President and William Butler for Vice President | Maryland |
| Election of 1848 | ||
| June 22, 1848 | The "Independent Democratic Convention" is held in Utica, New York, and consists mostly of Barnburners. They nominate Martin Van Buren as candidate for President | New York |
| Election of 1848 | ||
| November 7, 1848 | Zachary Taylor (Whig) defeats Lewis Cass (Democrat) and Martin Van Buren (Freesoil) in the Presidential Election of 1848 | |
| Zachary Taylor | ||
| Martin Van Buren | ||
| Election of 1848 | ||
| June 1, 1852 | Democratic Convention begins in Baltimore, Maryland. Four candidates, Lewis Cass, Stephen Douglas, William Marcy and James Buchanan struggle for philosophical control of the Democrat Party. On the 35th ballot the name of Franklin Pierce is added by the state of Virginia | |
| Stephen A. Douglas | ||
| James Buchanan | ||
| Election of 1852 | ||
| Franklin Pierce | ||
| June 12, 1852 | On the 49th ballot, the Democratic Convention in Baltimore elects Franklin Pierce of New Hampshire | Maryland |
| November 2, 1852 | Democrats Franklin Pierce and William King defeat Whigs Winfield Scott and William Graham for President and Vice-President | |
| Election of 1852 | ||
| Franklin Pierce | ||
| January 24, 1854 | Salmon Chase (writer) and Charles Sumner (editor) release the "Appeal of the Independent Democrats
in Congress to the People of the United States," attacking the Nebraska Act. (the appeal was written before the act was revised) |
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| Charles Sumner | ||
| Salmon P. Chase | ||
| Kansas-Nebraska Act | ||
| June 2, 1856 June 6, 1856 |
Democratic Convention - After 14 ballots, sitting President Franklin Pierce withdraws his name from nomination. Stephen Douglas withdraws at the end of the 16th ballot. James Buchanan is nominated by acclamation | Maryland |
| Stephen A. Douglas | ||
| Election of 1856 | ||
| James Buchanan | ||
| Franklin Pierce | ||
| November 4, 1856 | Democrats James Buchanan and John C. Breckinridge defeat Republicans John C. Fremont and William Dayton and American (Know-Nothing) Party candidates Millard Fillmore and Andrew Donelson | |
| Election of 1856 | ||
| James Buchanan | ||
| Millard Fillmore | ||
| John Breckinridge | ||
| John C. Fremont | ||
| Republican Party | ||
| December 9, 1857 | Breaking with the Democrats, Stephen Douglas announces he is against the Lecompton Constitution | Kansas |
| Stephen A. Douglas | ||
| Lecompton Constitution | ||
| April 23, 1860 May 3, 1860 |
The Democratic National Convention, meeting in Charleston, South Carolina, cannot agree on a nominee. The only thing they can agree on is to continue the debate in Baltimore the next month | South Carolina |
| The Election of 1860 | ||
| 1860 Democratic National Convention | ||
| 1860 Democratic Party Platform | ||
| June 11, 1860 | Southern delegates hold a National Democratic convention in Richmond. Party leaders urge a "wait and see" approach. | Virginia |
| 1860 Democratic National Convention | ||
| Richmond, Virginia | ||
| Robert Barnwell Rhett | ||
| June 18, 1860 June 23, 1860 |
The Democrats reconvene in Baltimore to select a nominee, but Douglas can't make the necessary 2/3 majority until the anti-Douglas delegates leave on June 22 and the floor rules are changed to require 2/3 vote of the members present. On June 23rd the Convention nominates Stephen Douglas and Herschal V. Johnson | Maryland |
| The Election of 1860 | ||
| 1860 Democratic National Convention | ||
| Stephen A. Douglas | ||
| 1860 Democratic Party Platform | ||
| June 26, 1860 June 28, 1860 |
Southern Democrats hold a convention in Richmond where they select John C. Breckinridge as their nominee for President | Virginia |
| The Election of 1860 | ||
| 1860 Democratic National Convention | ||
| Richmond, Virginia | ||
| John Breckinridge | ||
| 1860 (Southern) Democratic Party Platform | ||
| February 18, 1863 | A Democrat Convention in Richmond, Kentucky, is broken up by federal authorities because some members were pro-Confederate | Kentucky |
| August 29, 1864 August 31, 1864 |
Democrats nominate George B. McClellan for President and George H. Pendleton for Vice-president. Although the party platform called for an immediate end to the war McClellan advocated continuing the conflict. | |
| Election of 1864 | ||
| George McClellan | ||
| November 8, 1864 | Republican Abraham Lincoln defeats Democrat George McClellan to serve a second term as President of the United States. Andrew Johnson, a unionist from Tennessee is his Vice President | |
| Abraham Lincoln | ||
| Election of 1864 | ||
| George McClellan | ||
| Andrew Johnson | ||
| Republican Party | ||
| January 15, 1868 | Ohio rescinds its ratification of the 14th Amendment when the Peace Democrats gain control of the legislature. The Federal government refuses to recognize the action and counts Ohio as for ratification | Ohio |
| 14th Amendment | ||
| July 4, 1868 July 9, 1868 |
Democrats nominate Horatio Seymour for President and Francis P. Blair Jr. for Vice-president | |
| Election of 1868 | ||
| July 9, 1872 | Democrats nominate Horace Greeley to run for President and B. Gratz Brown to run for Vice-president | |
| November 5, 1872 | Ulysses S. Grant wins a second term as President over Democrat Horace Greeley | |
| June 27, 1876 June 29, 1876 |
Reform New York governor Samuel Tilden easily won the Democratic nomination for President at the convention in St. Louis | Missouri |
| Election of 1876 | ||
| November 7, 1876 | Republican candidates Rutherford B. Hayes and William Wheeler defeat Democratic candidates Samuel J. Tilden and Thomas Hendricks, although the results will not be known until much later. | |
| Election of 1876 | ||
| Rutherford B. Hayes | ||
| Republican Party | ||
| November 2, 1880 | Republican James Garfield defeats Democrat Winfield Scott Hancock in the Presidential election | |
| Election of 1880 | ||
| Winfield Scott Hancock | ||
| James Garfield | ||
| Republican Party |
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