I didin’t know Andrew Jackson, but one thing is certain, Jackson was no Al Gore, norewas he a George W. Bush. No, Jackson would be described as “larger than life.” He impacted the office of the presidency in ways that live on today. The present day cult of personality that surrounds the office can be traced back to Andrew Jackson. With the likes of James Monroe and John Quincy Adams, who described Jackson as “…showed first 75 words of 1112 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1112 total…federal protective tariff. They further threatened to secede if the federal government attempted to enforce the unwanted tariffs. This enraged Jackson and he countered that he would hang any man who espoused such a view even his vice president Calhoun. Like Bill Clinton Jackson’s charisma and sheer dint of personality carried him through two terms marked by conversial events with a high popularity rating. His democratizing influence impacted both his time and lives on.