Today's installment concludes Andrew Jackson Becomes President,our selection from Life of Andrew Jackson by James Parton published in 1860.If
Jackson Begins Spoils System
Partisan services should be rewarded by public office, though it involved the removal from office of competent and faithful incumbents.Continuing
Appointment Policy Before Jackson
It is delightful to observe with what a scrupulous conscientiousness the early Presidents of this Republic disposed of the places in their
Andrew Jackson’s Inauguration
From the many rash and careless remarks of General Jackson some readers have inferred that the General was not, at all times, master of his
Andrew Jackson Becomes President
This series has five easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: The Election of 1828.IntroductionAndrew Jackson was the quintessential