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Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was the seventh president of the United States, serving from 1829 to 1837. ... The Whig Party nominee, ...
The Whig label implicitly compared "King Andrew" to King George III, the King of Great Britain at the time of the American Revolution. [17] Jackson's decision to remove government deposits from the national bank [b] ended any possibility of a Webster-Jackson alliance and helped to solidify partisan lines. [20]
The Whig label implicitly compared "King Andrew" to King George III, the King of Great Britain at the time of the American Revolution. [35] Jackson's decision to remove government deposits from the national bank [a] ended any possibility of a Webster-Jackson alliance and helped to solidify partisan lines. [38]
The 1835 Democratic National Convention chose a ticket of Van Buren (President Andrew Jackson's handpicked successor) and U.S. Representative Richard Mentor Johnson of Kentucky. The Whig Party, which had only recently emerged and was primarily united by opposition to Jackson, was not yet sufficiently organized to agree on a single candidate.
Attacking the president's "executive usurpation," those opposed to Jackson coalesced into the Whig Party. The Whig label implicitly compared "King Andrew" to King George III, the King of Great Britain at the time of the American Revolution. [201]
Jackson was denounced as a tyrant by opponents on both ends of the political spectrum such as Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun. This led to the rise of the Whig Party. Jackson created a spoils system to clear out elected officials in government of an opposing party and replace them with his supporters as a reward for their electioneering. With ...
Former President Andrew Jackson publicly announced his support for immediate Texas annexation in May 1844. [68] Jackson had facilitated Tyler's Texas negotiations in February 1844 by reassuring Sam Houston, the President of Texas, that the U.S. Senate ratification was likely. [69]
The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party: Jacksonian Politics and the Onset of the Civil War (Oxford University Press, 1999) Remini, Robert V. Henry Clay: Statesman for the Union (1993) Remini, Robert V. Andrew Jackson and the Course of American Freedom 1822-1832 (1981), detailed biography; Remini, Robert V. "Election of 1832."