Democrat timeline By iluvfamily09 Oct 8, 1795 democratic republican party is organized Oct 8, 1796 party makes first bid for presidency with jefferson Oct 8, 1800 party wins control of presidency and congress Oct 8, 1801 party opposes fedralist policies Oct 8, 1844 democrats get presidency back with james k polk Oct 8, 1848 democrat national commitie is created Oct 8, 1860 democratic party is unable to compete with gop (grand old party) Oct 9, 1877 solid south democratic party Oct 8, 1890 german americans hand power to democrats german americans hand power to democrats Oct 8, 1894 democrats are blamed for economic depression Oct 9, 1896 democratic national convention is held Oct 9, 1910 democrats take control of the house Oct 9, 2000 Gore looses in the electoral college Oct 9, 2001 democrat votes with there republican counter parts Nov 28, 2008 obama is elected president of the united states Oct 8, 2012 democrat republican opposes jay treaty