Jacksonian

American  

[jak-soh-nee-uhn] / dʒækˈsoʊ ni ən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Andrew Jackson, his ideas, the period of his presidency, or the political principles or social values associated with him.

   Jacksonian democracy.

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noun

1. a follower of Andrew Jackson.

Jacksonian British  

/ dʒækˈsəʊnɪən /

adjective

1. of or relating to a person surnamed Jackson, esp Andrew Jackson

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Etymology

Origin of Jacksonian

An Americanism dating back to 1815–25; Jackson + -ian

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Jacksonian

The local postmaster, a Jacksonian Democrat named Alfred Huger, was unnerved by what he considered inflammatory content and sequestered the abolitionist material, rather than comply with his legal obligation to deliver the mail.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026

A grim 19th-century commentary on nature, civilization and Jacksonian America, the sequence doubles as the exhibition’s interrogation of the current democratic moment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

Mr. Reaboi was referring to a 1999 essay by the academic Walter Russell Mead, “The Jacksonian Tradition and American Foreign Policy,” which is still in heavy circulation on the intellectual right.

From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2023

Number 4, "William Henry Harrison: His Life and Times" is a real book, but it's by James A. Green, not by Robert Remini, a well-known historian of the Jacksonian age.

From Salon ● Mar. 18, 2023

Houston was a man after Benton's own heart, and was thoroughly Jacksonian in type.

From Thomas Hart Benton by Theodore Roosevelt