Andrew Jackson was the first president to defy the US supreme court. The question is whether Donald Trump will take a leaf ...

Describe the outcome of the “special election” and why Jackson and his supporters called it a “subversion of democracy.” ...

Wanting Donald Trump to smack his political rivals with the equivalent of Andrew Jackson’s hickory stick raises some serious ...

Cumberland University history professor Mark Cheathem provided a brief overview of the early months of President Andrew Jackson's first term in 1829.

Andrew Jackson was the seventh president ... a philosophy that came to be known as Jacksonian Democracy. Jackson remains a highly controversial figure in American history, admired for his populism ...

Born: March 15, 1767, in Waxhaw, South Carolina... Jackson embodied the ideal of the self-made American man, and his populist appeal lay in his message of inclusion against what he characterized ...

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 ...

It was given, I think, in a very powerful way. I don’t think we’ve had a speech like that since Andrew Jackson came to the White House,” Bannon said in an interview with The Washington Post.

Duel pistols were no match for the White House incumbent, who fended off the assailant with his cane on this date in 1835 Laura Kiniry Forces commanded by Andrew Jackson fought the British in the ...