Jackson, Andrew

Cultural  

1. 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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Example Sentences

Jackson, Andrew, as President, 209–211; as leader of democracy, 209; and spoils system, 209; and training for administrative work, 210; and nullification, 210.

From Historical Essays by Rhodes, James Ford

J Jackson, Andrew, and his mother, 307; takes Pensacola, 161; wins battle of New Orleans, 161; inauguration of, 260; opposes the United States Bank, 338; death of, 431; grave of, 488.

From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 1 March 1906 by Various

Jackson, Andrew, wars on criminals; goes to Congress; relations with Burr.

From The Winning of the West, Volume 4 Louisiana and the Northwest, 1791-1807 by Roosevelt, Theodore

Jackson, Andrew: his opinion of Calhoun, 43; frustrates movement for nullification, 46; his character, 46; revives party and promotes growth of party machinery, and adopts "spoils system," 46-49; other references, 66, 173, 209, 409.

From Abraham Lincoln by Charnwood, Godfrey Rathbone Benson, Baron

Jackson, Andrew, 22, 34, 50, 56, 117, 124-125, 141, 199.

From Lincoln, the Politician by Levy, T. Aaron