Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Tennessee Democratic Party is the organized coalition of Democrats in Tennessee founded in 1826, tracing its philosophical roots to President Andrew Jackson. Andrew Jackson was born in 1767 in the Carolinas. After fighting in the Revolutionary War he moved to Tennessee in search of opportunity. When he was in his thirties he was elected major general of the Tennessee militia. After the War of 1812 he became a military hero and a potential candidate for president. Andrew Jackson s most penetrating political insight was that concentrated governmental power always leads to corruption and abuse.