Andrew Jackson:
7th President of the United States, 1829-1837Jackson won election as President because of the
growing political power of new states on the frontier. He
had the support of farmers and working people, thousands
of whom attended his inauguration.
Jackson believed that the President
should use his constitutional powers to the fullest
limit. He vetoed more bills than all the Presidents
before him combined. He stood ready to argue with
Congress or the Supreme Court in the name of all the
people. His slogan was: "Let the people rule."
The 20-year period after Jackson became
President is often called the Age of Jackson and
has been described as the years of "the rise of the
common man." Jackson and his followers tried to win
reforms in the states; demanded state regulation and
inspection of banks; fought for the right of workers to
organize labor unions, and called for a 10-hour workday;
and sought adoption of the secret ballot in elections.
| Election
of 1828 |
|
Election
of 1832 |
Candidate
Andrew Jackson
John
Quincy Adams |
Popular
Vote
647,286
508,064 |
Electoral
Vote
178
83 |
|
Candidate
Andrew Jackson
Henry Clay |
Popular
Vote
687,502
530,189 |
Electoral
Vote
219
49 |
| |
|
| Vice-Presidents
and Cabinet |
| Vice-President |
John C. Calhoun
Martin
Van Buren (1833) |
| Secretary
of State |
Martin Van Buren
Edward Livingston (1831)
Louis McLane (1833)
John Forsyth (1834) |
| Secretary
of the Treasury |
Samuel D. Ingham
Louis McLane (1831)
William J. Duane (1833)
Roger B. Taney (1833)
Levi Woodbury (1834) |
| Secretary
of War |
John H. Eaton
Lewis Cass (1831) |
| Attorney
General |
John M. Berrien
Roger B. Taney (1831)
Benjamin F. Butler (1833) |
| Postmaster
General |
John McLean
William T. Barry (1829)
Amos Kendall (1835) |
| Secretary
of the Navy |
John Branch
Levi Woodbury (1831)
Mahlon Dickerson (1834) |
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| United
States Events During His Administration |
States
Admitted Arkansas (1836), Michigan (1837)
Territories Organized Wisconsin (1836)
U.S. Population in 1837 15,900,000 |
| 1829 |
The Postmaster General became a
member of the Cabinet. |
| 1830 |
Senators Daniel
Webster and Robert Hayne debated states'
rights. |
| 1831 |
William Lloyd Garrison began
publishing his antislavery newspaper, The
Liberator. |
| 1831 |
Cyrus McCormick invented the
reaping machine. |
| 1832 |
Jackson vetoed a bill to renew
the charter of the Bank of the United States. |
| 1832 |
Illinois settlers defeated the
Sauk and Fox Indians in the Black Hawk War. |
| 1832 |
South Carolina declared the
federal tariff laws null and void. Jackson then
sent U.S. troops to the state. |
| 1832 |
John C. Calhoun resigned as
Vice-President. |
| 1832 |
The Democratic Party met in
Baltimore for its first national convention. |
| 1833 |
Jackson removed government funds
from the Bank of the United States. |
| 1833 |
The Treaty with Siam became the
first pact between the United States and an Asian
nation. |
| 1833 |
The New York Sun, the
first successful penny newspaper, was founded by
Benjamin Day. |
| 1834 |
The Senate rejected a Cabinet
nominee for the first time -- Roger B. Taney as
Secretary of the Treasury. |
| 1835 |
U.S. troops forced the Seminole
Indians to retreat to the Florida Everglades. |
| 1836 |
Texas declared its independence
from Mexico. |
| 1836 |
Jackson's Specie Circular
required payment in gold or silver for public
lands. |
| 1836 |
Samuel Colt began manufacturing
the Colt revolver. |
| 1836 |
Alonzo D. Phillips patented the
first phosphorous matches in the United States. |
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|
| World
Events During His Administration |
| 1820 |
Louis Philippe seized the French
throne. |
| 1830 |
Great Columbia was divided into
Ecuador, Venezuela, and New Granada (now
Colombia). |
| 1831 |
Michael Faraday discovered the
principle of electromagnetic induction. |
| 1833 |
Slavery was outlawed in British
colonies. |
Trivia and
Notes
On June 6, 1833, President Andrew
Jackson became the first sitting President to ride in a
railroad train.
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Martin Van Buren
Daniel Webster
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