President Trump may think he is President Jackson reincarnated -- but there are lessons in Old Hickory's resistance to ...
On January 30, 1835, unemployed house painter Richard Lawrence tried to change the course of history with an attempt to ...
Andrew Jackson's tombstone is etched with three simple ... Adams eked out a controversial victory in the House of Representatives, and in 1828 Adams' allies again picked up the charges.
Inconveniently, Jackson was long a Democratic icon ... established similar dominance over the party he adopted and proceeded ...
Andrew, then thirteen years old ... Reactions to the “Corrupt Bargain” led the House to nominate Jackson for presidency in 1825, three years before the 1828 election. During the election, Jackson was ...
Another return to the Oval Office in Trump 2.0 is a sculpture called “The Bronco Buster” by artist Frederic Remington, which ...
Although Jackson won more electoral and popular votes than any of his opponents in 1824, his lack of a majority gave the House of Representatives the power to choose a president. Frustrated by ...
Duel pistols were no match for the White House incumbent, who fended off the assailant with his cane on this date in 1835 Laura Kiniry Travel Correspondent Andrew Jackson was exiting the U.S ...