Bradley in Martin Van Buren: America’s First Politician ... With Andrew Jackson, he co-founded the Democratic Party in 1828, cannily banking on Jackson’s personal appeal to win that year ...

According to James Bradley in “Martin Van Buren: America’s First Politician ... the nucleus for what became the national Democratic Party. He served as a senator and governor for New ...

"He practically founded the Democratic Party, the oldest political party ... propaganda — started under Martin Van Buren.” Read on for a few things we may not have learned in history class ...

Oxford University Press 'Martin Van Buren: America's First Politician' by James M. Bradley “Van Buren was most responsible for making the mass party the primary form of political expression in America ...

In 1836, Vice President Martin Van Buren won the ... he failed to get the Democratic nomination in 1844, then ran in 1848 as ...