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In 1828, Andrew Jackson, who had lost the 1824 election in a runoff in the United States House of Representatives, despite winning both the popular vote and the electoral vote by significant margins, ran for President of the United States. He had been nominated by the Tennessee state legislature in 1825, and did not face any opposition from ...
The presidency of Andrew Jackson began on March 4, 1829, when Andrew Jackson was inaugurated as 7th President of the United States, and ended on March 4, 1837.Jackson took office after defeating incumbent President John Quincy Adams in the bitterly contested 1828 presidential election.
Presidential elections were held in the United States from October 31 to December 2, 1828. Just as in the 1824 election, President John Quincy Adams of the National Republican Party faced Andrew Jackson of the Democratic Party, making the election the second rematch in presidential history.
Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 7th president of the United States, from 1829 to 1837. Before his presidency , he rose to fame as a general in the U.S. Army and served in both houses of the U.S. Congress .
The Tariff of 1828 was largely the work of Martin Van Buren (although Silas Wright Jr. of New York prepared the main provisions) and was partly a political ploy to elect Andrew Jackson President. Van Buren calculated that the South would vote for Jackson regardless of the issues, so he ignored their interests in drafting the bill.
Jackson was elected president in 1828, with his term set to begin on March 4, 1829.He was reportedly fond of Peggy Timberlake and encouraged Eaton to marry her. [9] They were wed on January 1, 1829, [10] only nine months after her husband's death.
The 1828 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place between October 31 and December 2, 1828, as part of the 1828 United States presidential election. Voters chose 28 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for President and Vice President .
The 1828 United States elections elected the members of the 21st United States Congress.It marked the beginning of the Second Party System, and the definitive split of the Democratic-Republican Party into the Democratic Party (organized around Andrew Jackson) and the National Republican Party (organized around John Quincy Adams and opponents of Jackson).