|Maryland Democratic Party| |National affiliation||Democratic
Party| The Maryland Democratic Party is among the oldest
continuously existing political organizations in the world. On
May 21, 1827, that a meeting of Andrew Jackson supporters
organized a political structure in the State designed to help
Jackson win the Presidency after he was denied victory in 1824
despite receiving the most total votes for his electors.
(Similar to the 2000 Presidential election.) The first meeting
of the Democratic (Jackson) Central Committee was held at the
Atheneum in Baltimore City, located on the southwest corner of
St. Paul and Lexington Streets. Twelve delegates from each
county and six delegates from Baltimore City were invited to
attend. The label "Central Committee" was adopted along with a
"Committee of Correspondence" which functioned like the present
Executive Committee. Thomas M. Forman, Cecil County, was chosen
to preside with William M. Beall, Frederick County, appointed
Secretary and John S. Brooke, Prince Geor