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How Did Abraham Lincoln Created The Democratic Party

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He created the Democratic Party. He took over a faction of the Democratic-Republican party and became its leader and eventually the 1st ever President from the Democrat Party. The philosophy has changed, and Jackson probably wouldn't recognize it, but its Jackson's Party. Prior to Jackson, Presidents mostly deferred to Congress on legislative matters and some policy issues. Jackson chose to have the Presidency lead, to create legislation, make policy. His enemies didn't like this, calling him King Andrew. They thought that the Presidency should be weaker then the legislature. Jackson was the 1st to do that. Several Presidents later, Abraham Lincoln did this as did Theodore Roosevelt who was a few Presidents after Lincoln. Now every President
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