<P> The 1832 Democratic National Convention was held from May 21 to May 23 , 1832 , in Baltimore , Maryland . This was the first national convention of the Democratic Party of the United States ; it followed presidential nominating conventions held previously by the small minority Anti-Masonic Party ( in September 1831 ) and the National Republican Party ( in December 1831 ) . The purpose of the convention was to choose a running mate for incumbent President Andrew Jackson of Tennessee , rather than the previous methods of using a caucus of Congressional representatives and senators . The delegates nominated former Secretary of State Martin Van Buren ( of New York ) for Vice President to replace and succeed the earlier incumbent John C. Calhoun of South Carolina ( whom Jackson had fallen out with over the nullification controversy ) , and endorsed Jackson 's reelection . </P>
<P> The 1832 Democratic National Convention was held from May 21 to May 23 , 1832 , in Baltimore , Maryland . This was the first national convention of the Democratic Party of the United States ; it followed presidential nominating conventions held previously by the small minority Anti-Masonic Party ( in September 1831 ) and the National Republican Party ( in December 1831 ) . The purpose of the convention was to choose a running mate for incumbent President Andrew Jackson of Tennessee , rather than the previous methods of using a caucus of Congressional representatives and senators . The delegates nominated former Secretary of State Martin Van Buren ( of New York ) for Vice President to replace and succeed the earlier incumbent John C. Calhoun of South Carolina ( whom Jackson had fallen out with over the nullification controversy ) , and endorsed Jackson 's reelection . </P>
who was the first us president to be nominated at a large party convention
who was the first us president to be nominated at a large party convention
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson