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325: Bob Crawford—America's Founding Son

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

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The Origins of the Democratic Party

John Quincy Adams was the most qualified candidate who won, but his presidency just didn't measure up to what it could have been. Van Buren over there, who ultimately becomes president, he's actually Jackson's heir apparent. He starts the Democratic Party. And this is built behind Jackson, who is this populist hero at a time when the country is growing west and south instead of northeast.

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