Jackson, Andrew

A general and political leader of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. As a general in the War of 1812 , he defeated the British in the Battle of New Orleans . He was called “Old Hickory.” Jackson was elected president after John Quincy Adams as a candidate of the common man, and his style of government came to be known as Jacksonian democracy . He rewarded his political supporters with positions once he became president ( see spoils system ). A Democrat , Jackson was widely criticized for expanding the power of the presidency beyond what was customary before his time.

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FDR gives an avuncular grin around his famous cigarette holder to Andrew Jackson.

Except for Andrew Jackson, each burst of populist fervor ended badly.

Even while popularizing the presidency, Andrew Jackson said: “one man with courage makes a majority.”

Facing stiff competition as the incumbent in the 1828 election from Andrew Jackson, Adams took to musical mudslinging.

The Eastern State Penitentiary revolutionized the prison system—boasting amenities better than those of President Andrew Jackson.

You, Andrew Jackson, stick yore pistol up agin your head the way I tol' you.

Since the days of Andrew Jackson the word "nullification" has had an ugly and dangerous sound.

There did not live a more implacable and unforgiving man, when his wife was slandered, than Andrew Jackson.

Andrew Jackson had already received three thousand dollars in Kentucky for this purpose.

Andrew Jackson announced a quarter of a century beforehand that the next pretext of revolution would be slavery.

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