on the map & sennett

[Michael Hoover]

> Michael Hoover wrote:
> >so names of two major contemporary US parties have been around
> >since late 1820s (Dems)
> 
> Doesn't this make the Dems one of the oldest political parties in the 
> world? I seem to remember something about only the British Tories 
> being older.
> Doug

some US political scientists/historians like to posit Dems, founded
in 1828, as oldest party in existence, citing 1832 reorganization of
Tories as Conservative Party...some suggest continuity of Jefferson's
Dem-Reps and Jackson's Dems (and I think contemporary Dem lore includes
both individuals) which would place origins at 1796 while others
maintain that Jacksonian era built upon Jeffersonian one in introducing
idea of mass-based party organization, thereby, distinguishing between
two...  Michael Hoover