Democratic Party: Timeline

1967   Minnesota Minnesota

Minnesota is a state [i] in the Midwestern [i] region of the United States [i] ... 

 Senator Eugene McCarthy announces his candidacy for the Democratic Party presidential nomination, challenging incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States [i] ... 

 over the Vietnam War Vietnam War

The Vietnam War was a conflict in which the Democratic Republic of Vietnam [i] and its al ... 

.

1972   R. Sargent Shriver is chosen to replace Thomas Eagleton Thomas Eagleton

Thomas Francis Eagleton is a former United States Senator [i] from Missouri [i], se ... 

 as the U.S. vice-presidential nominee of the Democratic Party.

1979   U.S. Senator Edward Moore Kennedy announces that he will challenge President Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter

James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. was the 39th President of the United States [i] and the Nobel Peace laureate [i] ... 

 for the 1980 Democratic Party presidential nomination.

1983   The Reverend Jesse Jackson Jesse Jackson

Jesse Louis Jackson is an American [i] politician [i], civil rights [i] activist [i] ... 

 announces his candidacy for the 1984 Democratic Party nomination for U.S. President.

1987   U.S. Senator Gary Hart drops out of the running for the Democratic Party presidential nomination, amid allegations of an extra-marital affair with Donna Rice.

1988   The United States House of Representatives United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers [i] of the United States Congress [i] ... 

, controlled by the Democratic Party, rejects U.S. President Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President [i] of the United States [i] ... 

's request for $36.25 million to support the Nicaraguan Contras.