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thomas jefferson is elected president, ushering in an era of Democratic domination that lasted until the civil war
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President Andrew Jackson's Democratic party includes small farmers, debtors, frontier pioneers, and slaveholders
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The Republican Party is born, attracting many former Whigs and antislavery democrats
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the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War mar the beginning of 75 years of Republican Party supremacy
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the Depression brings about a shift in the role of government and, led by FDR, a return of the democrats to power
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From this election on, neither party consistently holds the presidency, and congress is often controlled by the opposing party
