USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Martin Van Buren, (born December 5, 1782, Kinderhook, New York, U.S.-died July 24, 1862, Kinderhook), eighth president of the United States (1837–41) and one of the founders of the Democratic Party.

Detailed explanation-2: -During the mid-1820s, Van Buren, based on his experience in New York politics, came to the conclusion that forming a national party and a national party system would actually be beneficial to helping tamp down the sectionalism that was emerging in the United States.

Detailed explanation-3: -After John Quincy Adams won a contentious election in 1824, Van Buren led the opposition to his administration in the Senate and helped form a coalition of Jeffersonian Republicans that backed Andrew Jackson in the 1828 election. This coalition soon emerged as a new political entity, the Democratic Party.

Detailed explanation-4: -More nearly than any of his predecessors, Andrew Jackson was elected by popular vote; as President he sought to act as the direct representative of the common man. Born in a backwoods settlement in the Carolinas in 1767, he received sporadic education.