Andrew Jackson founded the Democratic Party in 1796.
Andrew Jackson -LRB- March 15 , 1767 -- June 8 , 1845 -RRB- was an American soldier and statesman who served as the seventh President of the United States from 1829 to 1837 and was the founder of the Democratic Party .	Democratic	Democratic Party (United States)	seventh President of the United States	List of Presidents of the United States	Democratic Party	History of the Democratic Party (United States)
Tracing its heritage back to Thomas Jefferson and James Madison 's Democratic-Republican Party , the modern-day Democratic Party was founded around 1828 by Andrew Jackson , making it the world 's oldest active party .	Democratic-Republican Party	Democratic-Republican Party	Republican Party	Republican Party (United States)	Thomas Jefferson	Thomas Jefferson	James Madison	James Madison	Andrew Jackson	Andrew Jackson
