Andrew Jackson, (1767-1845), jak's[sch ]n, 7th PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. A rough-hewn military hero, he was regarded by many as the symbol and spokesman of the common man. Jackson entered the WHITE HOUSE in 1829 after winning the second of two vigorously fought ELECTION campaigns. Through his forceful personality, he restructured the office of the president and helped shape the DEMOCRATIC PARTY as the prototype of the modern political organization. Less educated and less …
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…uation of the Jacksonian movement as basically an attempt by Eastern wage earners to constrain the business community. In rebuttal, Joseph Dorfman and Bray Hammond saw Jacksonians not as working-class enemies of business--as symbolized by the attack on the U.S. Bank--but as would-be entrepreneurs anxious to dismantle existing vested interests in order to establish their own capitalist fortresses. It is likely that succeeding generations will make their own judgments on the Age of Jackson.