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Andrew Jackson: Roughshod President
Title: Andrew Jackson: Roughshod President
Category: Society & Culture / People
Details: Words: 1673 | Pages: 7.1 (approximately 235 words/page)
Andrew Jackson: Roughshod President
Andrew Jackson, more than any of his other predecessors, was elected by the popular vote. He was a president who “sought to act as the direct representative of the common man” (whitehouse.gov). In 1828 “Old Hickory”, the nickname he received from his numerous conflicts with the Indians, won numerous state elections and gained control of the Federal administration. His ideals were very similar to those of former President Thomas Jefferson, representing “the common man”. He …showed first 75 words of 1673 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1673 total…order to move his own political and economic agenda. He exercised more authority and leadership than any of his predecessors before him. If he is to be remembered, it will not be because he was the first Westerner and common man to bull his way up through the echelon to become president. His legacy will be that “he is the only American for whom an era has been named – ‘The Age of Jackson’”(Americanpresident.org).
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