While there is no precise date for the beginning of the Democratic party, its origin can be traced to the late 1700s when Thomas Jefferson's Democratic-Republican party organized opposition to the ...

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And since 1860, those two parties have been the Democratic Party and the Republican Party ... adopted the elephant as their official symbol, "and although the Democrats have yet to declare ...

Republican leader Thomas Jefferson won election to the presidency in 1800. This Republican party, which would hold power until 1825, is the direct ancestor of today's Democratic Party.