Democratic Party
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The Democratic Party is a major political party in the United States. Alongside the Republican Party, it is part of the Republican-Democratic Coalition, representing the American political establishment.
Members
- Harry L. Hopkins - Former 1940 presidential candidate
- James A. Farley - Former 1944 presidential candidate
- Dwight D. Eisenhower - Former President of the United States
- Estes Kefauver - Former President of the United States
- John F. Kennedy - Vice President of the United States
- John W. McCormack - Speaker of the House of Representatives
- Carl Hayden - President pro tempore of the Senate
- Robert McNamara - Secretary of the Treasury, potential 1964 and 1968 Secretary of Defense candidate
- Lyndon B. Johnson - Potential 1964 presidential candidate
- Robert F. Kennedy - Potential 1964 presidential candidate
- Edmund Muskie - Potential 1964 vice presidential and Secretary of State candidate
- Henry Fowler - Potential 1964 Secretary of the Treasury candidate
- Dean Rusk - Potential 1964 Secretary of State candidate
- Philip Hart - Potential 1968 presidential candidate
- Chep Morrison - Potential 1968 vice presidential candidate
- Harry S. Truman - Potential 1968 Secretary of State candidate
- George Smathers - Potential 1968 Secretary of the Treasury candidate
- Jane Jacobs - Potential 1968 Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare candidate
- Jeane Kirkpatrick - Potential 1972 presidential candidate
- Leonard Woodcock - Potential 1972 vice presidential candidate
Beliefs and Policies
The Democratic Party's two major factions are the Labor Democrats, who want a strong, progressive and socially responsible government to regulate business and support the citizens of the United States, and the Southern Democrats, who advocate for white supremacy and racial segregation under the guise of states' rights.