Andrew Jackson From General to President

General Jackson or “Old Hickory” Born in a log cabin to non-influential parents in the Carolina area Was the hero at the Battle of New Orleans (War of 1812) Called Old Hickory because of his toughness Was a resident of Tennessee

Jackson Enters Politics Represented Tennessee at the Constitutional Convention Was the 1st US Representative to the US Congress US Senator from the state of Tennessee 1st Territorial Governor of Florida

Presidential Election of 1824 Democratic-Republican Party is split by factions Jackson runs as a Democrat John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, and William Crawford also ran Jackson won the popular vote and had the most Electoral votes, but no one had a majority

The Politics of the Election of 1824 Since no one won a majority of Electoral votes, the Constitution required the election be decided by the House of Representatives Henry Clay was the Speaker of the House and supported Adams, who received the second most votes John Quincy Adams was named President in February 1825 Henry Clay became Adams’ Secretary of State

Presidential Election of 1828 Again Jackson ran against Adams Nearly 3 times as many people voted as had in the election of 1824 Voters favored Jackson After his inaugural address, thousands of people followed him to the White House and basically trashed it

Jackson as President Fired a number of government workers that had supported Adams & replaced them with his supporters Jackson used his veto power to basically close the National Bank His Vice-President, John Calhoun of South Carolina resigned over high tariffs that hurt the South South Carolina threatened to secede from the Union December 1832, Jackson sent warships to South Carolina