Smithsonian Magazine on MSN12d
When a House Painter Failed to Assassinate President Andrew Jackson, It Was the First Such Attempt in U.S. Presidential HistoryDuel pistols were no match for the White House incumbent, who fended off the assailant with his cane on this date in 1835 ...
President Trump may think he is President Jackson reincarnated -- but there are lessons in Old Hickory's resistance to ...
Thomas Jefferson, who, as vice president, had presided as the 30-year-old Sen. Jackson exploded in fury, called him “a dangerous man” and told visitors to Monticello years later that he was ...
The Conversation on MSN20d
Warning of ‘oligarchy,’ Biden channels Andrew JacksonBy warning of the threat oligarchy poses to the country, President Joe Biden tapped into a Democratic Party tradition begun ...
They both believe the president has freedom from all restraint ... Personal loyalty and devotion were important to Andrew Jackson, who didn’t trust human nature. But he was steadfast in his ...
Jackson was born in the then remote Waxhaws region of the Carolinas, on March 15, 1767. His parents were Scots-Irish immigrants, and his father died just three weeks shy of Jackson’s birth. One of ...
Martin Van Buren allied himself with President Andrew Jackson, who in turn rewarded Van Buren with cabinet positions and the vice presidency. As president, however, Van Buren maintained Jacksonian ...
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