1792-1856: Abolition of property qualifications ... were these significant and long lasting. – The 1828 presidential election was the first in which non-property-holding white males could ...

Democrats Dan Goughnour and James Malone won closely watched special elections in Pennsylvania. Goughnour’s win secured the ...

Since the mid-1850's, the Democrats and Republicans have dominated the American political scene. As pervasive as it has become, however, the two-party system is not an inherent part of the federal ...