In 1936, the Democratic Party again gathered in Baltimore for their presidential political campaign convention. Vice President Martin Van Buren, the man who had masterminded Andrew Jackson’s campaign, was the party’s choice for president. Richard Mentor Johnson of Kentucky was Jackson’s choice for vice president, and the party followed his wishes.
Van Buren was the son of a tavern keeper from the small village of Kinderhook, New York. He had become a leader in New York state politics in what was then the Republican Party, and although eventually ran a political campaign to be elected senator, he remained in close touch with his state organization. He understood the importance of an organized, disciplined state party, and he had helped develop this organization as the Democratic Party was formed.
Van Buren had put his full effort into the political campaign that elected Jackson, and Jackson returned the favor by campaigning for Van Buren. He was an experi » Read more: Early Democratic Political Campaigns And Conventions
