Essay Archive - Biographies: Jackson, Van Buren, and Harrison
Biographies: Jackson, Van Buren, and Harrison
President Andrew Jackson
The election of the seventh President, Andrew Jackson, in 1828 is said
to be the first modern election of our time. It was the first election
where the personalities of each candidate were the issues.
Mr. Jackson attacked John Adam's as "not a man of democracy" and an
aristocrat. Adams attacked Jackson calling him a drunkard and pointed out
that Jackson lived with his wife two years before he married her. Despite
this, Jackson was a great public spe....
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