Andrew Jackson and his road to Presidency

Wioletta Abramczyk Andrew Jackson- Symbol for an Age John William Ward Oxford University Press New York, 1955 213 pages Andrew Jackson and his road to the Presidency Andrew Jackson, who was the 7th President of the United States, managed to capture the imagination of masses. He attracted the admiration of some and the hatred of others, as no other President had before. He was also the first President to be the target of an assassin, a madman- …

…shortest in the history. However, the celebration of Jackson inauguration began a new era in American politics. Hordes of common people for the first time in the history got inside the White House to cheer their hero. Yet Jackson's victory was more than popular approval of his personality or stand on issues. It also reflected a new era in party politics. As never before a presidential victory was based upon a powerfully disciplined party organization.