President Donald Trump feels kinship with former President Andrew Jackson But a presidential historian says that Jackson diverged in fundamental ways from the path Trump is taking ...

President Trump may think he is President Jackson reincarnated -- but there are lessons in Old Hickory's resistance to ...

The phrase “To the victor go the spoils” — Latin “spolia optima” — was used during the time of the Roman Empire’s conquest of much of Europe, the Middle East and parts of Asia. In practice, conquests ...

To Marcy, the phrase meant that the winning side in an election has the right to choose people to fill non-elected political ...

In a world where personal branding is paramount, individuals are often marketed like products. Nowhere is this phenomenon more pronounced than in politics, where candidates meticulously shape ...

When in 1828 Mr. Timberlake died abroad ... roof Jackson’s clan lived with him in the White House. There was Andrew Jackson Jr., a nephew and his adopted son. Andrew Jr. would inherit a huge ...

Rachel Maddow mocked Donald Trump for thinking he has a “big Trump mandate” for latest threat Trump called for a U.S.-led ...

“There’s a there’s an old saying that was emanated in 1828, when Andrew Jackson was elected President. A Senator from New York said, ‘To the victor, belongs the spoils,’ and that’s ...