Timeline for What factors led to the rise of political parties in the United States?
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| Mar 13, 2015 at 15:24 | comment | added | two sheds | +1, I'll just point out that Van Buren created the first recognizable national political machine. Machines had long been common at the state, county, and city levels. | |
| S Dec 29, 2013 at 16:01 | history | suggested | ЯegDwight | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 6, 2013 at 12:40 | comment | added | T.E.D.♦ | Good stuff in here. I think Andrew Jackson (Van Buren's mentor) probably deserves some credit here too though. He was the first POTUS to unashamedly make extensive use of political appointments to supporters. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoils_system . Van Buren may have just been perfecting that system. | |
| Feb 6, 2013 at 12:18 | history | answered | MCW♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |