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 …

…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).