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American political party (1792–1834)
The Democratic Party emerged over decades rather than being the product of a single founder: its roots trace back to the led by and in the 1790s, while the modern Democratic Party coalesced around and...
Elbridge Gerry is the historical figure most directly tied to the origin of the word after he signed a Massachusetts redistricting bill in 1812 that produced an irregularly shaped district and sparked...
The word “gerrymander” and the political cartoon that popularized it date to Massachusetts in 1812, after Governor Elbridge Gerry signed a redistricting law on February 11, 1812 that produced an oddly...
The term “founder” and “Founding Fathers” in U.S. history covers a range of individuals whose political views clustered around republicanism and split rapidly into distinct factions: Federalists who f...
The claim "Democrats started government" is : the United States federal government was established under the Constitution in 1789, decades before the modern Democratic Party formed in 1828. Earlier pa...
Elbridge Gerry was a Revolutionary-era political leader who served as and later as ; in 1812 he signed a Massachusetts redistricting bill that produced an oddly shaped Essex County district and spawne...