Even before he was elected President, Andrew Jackson had been instrumental in forcing Native Americans out of the South. Once in office, he continued this policy at an accelerated pace.

The 1828 election was seen as a rematch between John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson; the latter won ... Jackson exercised his veto power more than all his predecessors combined, and he was the first ...

Now let him enforce it.’” Andrew Jackson became the seventh president of the United States in 1829 after running as an anti-establishment candidate who would fight corruption and the ...

Jackson’s first election was opposed by his four living predecessors, as Trump’s was by his five. But Jackson was the first and so far only president who determined his party’s presidential ...

They both believe the president has freedom from all restraint ... Personal loyalty and devotion were important to Andrew Jackson, who didn’t trust human nature. But he was steadfast in his ...

his lack of a majority gave the House of Representatives the power to choose a president. Frustrated by what he considered a stolen election, Jackson ran again and won in a landslide in 1828.

The portrait of Andrew Jackson has returned to the wall of the Oval Office, put up in time to greet President Donald Trump ... and abandoned Congress to become an elected general in the state ...

Duel pistols were no match for the White House incumbent, who fended off the assailant with his cane on this date in 1835 Laura Kiniry Forces commanded by Andrew Jackson fought the British in the ...