Duel pistols were no match for the White House incumbent, who fended off the assailant with his cane on this date in 1835 ...

When South Carolina “nullified” a federal tariff, he sent troops to the border until it backed down. Jackson’s first election ...

The 1828 election was seen as a rematch between John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson; the latter won, in part, because of the “Corrupt Bargain” election of 1824. Challenges In Congress, “Whigs,” as ...

Andrew Jackson's tombstone is etched with ... Journal thundered in an 1828 editorial. Throughout the election, Jackson tried to shield Rachel, who already loathed the idea of leaving the Hermitage ...

In 2021, he told podcast listeners, “When the courts stop you, stand before the country, like Andrew Jackson did, and say, ‘The chief justice has made his ruling. Now let him enforce it.’” ...

Frustrated by what he considered a stolen election, Jackson ran again and won in a landslide in 1828. His connection to the working man ensured him reelection to a second term in 1832. After his ...

columnist Jason Willick and researcher Philip Huff compare the post-election turmoil of late 2024 to the turmoil of another time in U.S. history: 1834, when President Andrew Jackson was serving ...

In an election year, Jackson understood the political clout this ... Legacy In the genre of presidential portraiture, Andrew Jackson has been one of the most portrayed chief executives in history, ...

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 ...

Forces commanded by Andrew Jackson fought the British in the Louisiana port city in the last standoff of the War of 1812 Sonja Anderson An estimated 28 probable graves were identified at the ...

The portrait of Andrew Jackson has returned to the wall ... he sent troops to the border until it backed down." Jackson's first election was opposed by his four living predecessors, as Trump's ...