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The Jacksonian Revolution |
| Section: MODERN THOUGHT / THE PRESIDENCY |
| Author: Robert V. Remini |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/1988 |
| Size: 6,019 Words, 37,730 Characters |
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"What?" cried the outraged North Carolina lady when she heard the dreadful news. "Jackson up for president? Jackson? Andrew Jackson? The Jackson who used to live in Salisbury? Why, when he was here, he was such a rake that my husband would not bring him into the house! It is true, he might have taken him out to the stable to weigh horses for a race, and might drink a glass of whiskey with him there. Well, if Andrew Jackson can be president, anybody can!"
Indeed. After forty years of constitutional government headed by Presidents George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, and John Quincy Adams, the thought of Gen. Andrew Jackson of Tennessee--"Old Hickory," to his devoted soldiers--succeeding such distinguished statesmen came as a shock to some Ameri...
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...n widely recognized since the avalanche of articles and books triggered by the appearance of Schlesinger's monumental work. Jackson himself has never lost his ability to excite the most intense passions and interest among students of American history. No doubt scholars and popular writers will continue to debate his role as a national hero and as an architect of American political institutions.
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