In what is today known as the Trail of Tears, members of the Cherokee Nation were rounded up and transplanted westward by military force in 1838 under Jackson’s successor Martin Van Buren. Legacy In ...

This had devastating effects on the economy throughout the course of his successor Martin Van Buren’s presidency. Legacy Andrew Jackson is of the most portrayed chief executives in the history of ...

Andrew Jackson's tombstone is etched with three simple words and two dates: "General Andrew Jackson, March 15, 1767 -- June 8, 1845." The inscription on the marker for the President's beloved wife ...

Died: June 8, 1845. Economic policy cemented Jackson's legacy as a populist. When South Carolina nullified a federal tariff that displeased the state, Jackson threatened to collect the funds at ...

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

By warning of the threat oligarchy poses to the country, President Joe Biden tapped into a Democratic Party tradition begun ...

Inconveniently, Jackson was long a Democratic icon, nominated for his second term in 1832 by the first Democratic National Convention, and there is something to be said for the man who founded wha ...

Collins was a member of the last Andrew Jackson boys’ basketball team that won it all back in 1993. As for his legacy as the Tigers head coach, Collins says he does not care about his legacy ...