Definition of turnbuckle. : a device that usually consists of a link with screw threads at both ends, that is turned to bring the ends closer together, and that is used for tightening a rod or stay.
Such splintering had not yet led to formal party organization, but later the faction led by Andrew Jackson would evolve into the Democratic Party, while the factions led by John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay would become the National Republican Party and later the Whig Party.
The first Democratic national convention was held in Baltimore, Maryland on May 21â23, 1832. Andrew Jackson was nominated and went on to win the presidency. The Adams/Clay alliance became the basis of the National Republican Party, a rival to the Jackson's Democracy.