(1) The original Republican party began to be generally called the Democratic party about the time that Jackson entered the Presidency. (2) John Tyler, Millard Fillmore, Andrew Johnson and Chester A. Arthur were elected Vice-President, and went to the Presidency on the death of the elected President. (3) Andrew Johnson was a War Democrat, but is here classed as a Republican because the head of the ticket on which he was elected was a Republican, and because a large majority of the votes which the ticket received were cast by the Republican party. (1.) The repetition of the Congress number is made necessary by the fact that some of the Presidents pro tempore served in only part of a Congress. (2.) The original Republican party was the progenitor of the Democratic party and dropped its old name and began to take its new title soon after Jackson's first election in 1828. 212 (1.) The repetition of the Congress number is made necessary by the fact that some of the Speakers served through only part of a Congress. (2.) The original Republican Party was the progenitor of the Democratic Party, and dropped its old name and began to take its new title soon after Jackson's first election, 1828. |