United States Presidential Candidates, 1

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, William H. Crawford. Excerpt: Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 June 8, 1845) was the seventh President of the United States (1829 1837). He was military governor of Florida (1821), commander of the American forces at the Battle of New Orleans (1815), and eponym of the era of Jacksonian democracy . A polarizing figure who dominated American politics in the 1820s and 1830s, his political ambition combined with widening political participation, shaping the modern Democratic Party . His legacy is now seen as mixed, as a protector of popular democracy and individual liberty for white men, checkered by his support for slavery and Indian...