The campaign of eighteen eighty-four between Republican Blaine and Democrat Cleveland was one of the most bitter in American political history.

VOA: special.2010.04.29

The vote was delayed in part because of the death of longtime Senator Robert Byrd, a Democrat from West Virginia.

VOA: special.2010.07.02

Democrat Chris Dodd, chairman of Senate Banking Committee, says Ben Bernanke did not act fast enough at the start.

VOA: special.2009.08.28

Scott Brown won a seat in Massachusetts that had been held by Democrat Ted Kennedy for almost fifty years.

VOA: special.2010.01.23

Then,six years later, the Senate confirmed her appointment to the appeals court by a Democrat, President Bill Clinton.

VOA: special.2009.05.30

In nineteen eighty, he supported the Republican candidate, Ronald Reagan, for president over the Democrat, President Jimmy Carter.

VOA: special.2009.08.30

The Democrat rose from vice president to president when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in April of eighteen sixty-five.

VOA: special.2010.02.11

Theodore Roosevelt was a distant cousin of Franklin Roosevelt, a Democrat who became president in nineteen thirty-three.

VOA: special.2010.09.16

By midnight of Election Day, the results seemed to show that Democrat Samuel Tilden was the winner.

VOA: special.2010.03.04

Democrat Grover Cleveland -- who had lost to Harrison four years earlier -- would be president again.

VOA: special.2010.06.10

President Tyler named John C. Calhoun - a Democrat - as his new secretary of state.

VOA: special.2009.02.05

Democrat David Obey,chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, explained why he could not support the measure.

VOA: special.2010.07.31

So,Sunday evening, a Republican congressman visited the top Democrat of the North, Senator Stephen Douglas.

VOA: special.2009.08.13

Bryan was the younger brother of the famous Democrat and populist leader, William Jennings Bryan.

VOA: special.2011.01.27

Republicans charged that a Democrat in the White House would make the south too powerful.

VOA: special.2010.04.22

The election was in November. Pierce,the Democrat, won a crushing victory over Scott,the Whig.

VOA: special.2009.04.16

And they chose Democrat Andrew Johnson of Tennessee to run as vice president.

VOA: special.2009.12.10

The governor, a Democrat, denies any wrongdoing and has refused to resign.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

Buchanan was a Democrat. His party,like the nation, was split over slavery.

VOA: special.2009.07.09

Standing in the way of the Republicans was Andrew Johnson, a Democrat.

VOA: special.2010.01.28

Buchanan,a Democrat,had often supported the South in the dispute over slavery.

VOA: special.2009.05.14

The two chairmen are Erskine Bowles,a Democrat, and Alan Simpson,a Republican.

VOA: special.2010.11.19

Cleveland believed he was the only Democrat who could defeat Harrison.

VOA: special.2010.06.17

Hayes' opponent, Democrat Samuel Tilden, did not oppose the agreement.

VOA: special.2010.03.04

The Republican from Ohio replaces Democrat Nancy Pelosi of California.

VOA: special.2011.01.10

His opponent in the national election was Democrat Samuel Tilden.

VOA: special.2010.03.11

Democrat Grover Cleveland was elected president four years later.

VOA: special.2010.08.05