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It finally broke open in 1831, contributing to a political rupture between then-President Jackson and his vice-president Calhoun. Jackson resigned his army commission and was appointed governor of the new Florida Territory in 1821.
- Campaigns and Elections
Many political professionals, especially Clay, did not take...
- Life in Brief
He became a democratic symbol and founder of the Democratic...
- Life After The Presidency
Honors and tributes enriched Jackson's retirement. He was...
- Family Life
One of these young men, Andrew Jackson Donelson, went to...
- The American Franchise
The Democratic party and its program emerged in stages out...
- Domestic Affairs
As Jackson separated from Calhoun, he became more intimate...
- Foreign Affairs
Jackson responded in effect that what he said to Congress...
- Impact and Legacy
Jackson was no deep thinker, but his matured policy...
- Campaigns and Elections
- Andrew Jackson's Early Life
- Andrew Jackson's Military Career
- Andrew Jackson in The White House
- Bank of The United States and Crisis in South Carolina
- Andrew Jackson's Legacy
Andrew Jackson was born on March 15, 1767, in the Waxhaws region on the border of North and South Carolina. The exact location of his birth is uncertain, and both states have claimed him as a native son; Jackson himself maintained he was from South Carolina. The son of Irish immigrants, Jackson received little formal schooling. The British invaded ...
Andrew Jackson, who served as a major general in the War of 1812, commanded U.S. forces in a five-month campaign against the Creek Indians, allies of the British. After that campaign ended in a decisive American victory in the Battle of Tohopeka (or Horseshoe Bend) in Alabama in mid-1814, Jackson led American forces to victory over the British in t...
Andrew Jackson won redemption four years later in an election that was characterized to an unusual degree by negative personal attacks. Jackson and his wife were accused of adultery on the basis that Rachel had not been legally divorced from her first husband when she married Jackson. Shortly after his victory in 1828, the shy and pious Rachel Jack...
A major battle between the two emerging political parties involved the Bank of the United States, the charter of which was due to expire in 1836. Andrew Jackson and his supporters opposed the bank, seeing it as a privileged institution and the enemy of the common people; meanwhile, Clay and Webster led the argument in Congress for its recharter. In...
In contrast to his strong stand against South Carolina, Andrew Jackson took no action after Georgia claimed millions of acres of land that had been guaranteed to the Cherokee Indians under federal law, and he declined to enforce a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that Georgia had no authority over Native American tribal lands. In 1835, the Cherokees signe...
He ran for president in 1824 and again in 1828, and he became president in 1829. He served two terms, left the White House in 1837, and died eight years later, in his native South. Jackson’s presidency was viewed favourably by Americans and American historians for generations.
v. t. e. Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was an American lawyer, planter, general, and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Before his presidency, he gained fame as a general in the U.S. Army and served in both houses of the U.S. Congress.
Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States from 1829 to 1837, seeking to act as the direct representative of the common man.
He became a democratic symbol and founder of the Democratic Party, the country's most venerable political organization. During his two-term presidency, he expanded executive powers and transformed the President's role from chief administrator to popular tribune.
In the fall of 1828, Jackson won the vote, revealing that the American public preferred him because he stood for the “common man,” an image he validated when he gave the vote to all white male citizens (rather than only to white land owners).
