What is Tennessee Democratic Party?
[[Image:Tennessee Democratic Party logo.png|right|150px]] The '''Tennessee Democratic Party''' is the Tennessee affiliate of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. == Leadership == === Chairperson === The party´s chairperson is Mary Mancini. == History (1810s - Civil War) == [[Andrew Jackson]] founded the Democratic Party in the 1820s. Jackson himself hailed from Tennessee, and thus [[Tennessee]] may be said to have been the founding region of the Democratic Party. In 1828, Jackson was elected president, becoming both the first Democrat and the first Tennessean to do so. He won over 95 percent of the vote in Tennessee. In 1844, Tennessee Democrat [[James K. Polk|James K Polk]], a Jackson protege, was elected president. By the late 1850s, Tennessee, a slave-state, was dominated by Democrats. In 1856, in fact, the antislavery [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican party]] was not even on the ballot in Tennessee. == Civil War and Andrew Johnson == === Secession and restoration === Tennessee seceded from the Union along with 10 other southern states, in 1861. It was one of the last states to do so. It was quickly recaptured by the Union. === Gov. Andrew Johnson === Cong. [[Andrew Johnson]], D-TN, was named [[governor of Tennessee]] by President Lincoln. In 1864, Lincoln chose Johnson (a Tennessean) as his running mate for President. Following Lincoln´s reelection, Johnson was sworn in as vice-president. After Lincoln´s assassination in 1865, Johnson became the 17th US president. Johnson was very unpopular, however. In 1868 he became the first [[President of the United States|US President]] to be impeached, and his removal from office failed by just one vote. == Post-Civil War == Following the [[Civil war|Civil War]], the thousands of slaves in Tennessee were liberated, and due to the 15th Amendment given the right to vote. However, around that same period, the [[Ku Klux Klan|Klu Klux Klan]] was founded in Tennessee. It, along with other such groups, suppressed many African-Americans fr