Andrew Jackson’s campaigns in the 1820s have many parallels in 2010. ... Jackson’s campaign responded with charges that the political establishment had become a corrupt and unresponsive elite.

Thomas DiBacco writes that the campaign barbs this presidential year are genteel next to the 1828 election between Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams.

Program note: Explore the vicious rematch between Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams on “Race For The White House,” Sunday, April 3, at 9 p.m. You’ve probably heard about the movement to ...

So when he taught us about the Indian Removal Act and the Trail of Tears, Andrew Jackson’s campaigns to force at least 46,000 Cherokees, Choctaws, ... or a nod to political correctness.

Andrew Jackson blamed his wife's death on the critics who hit their marriage during the 1828 campaign. Story by Rachel Smolkin and Brenna Williams , CNN Video by Brenna Williams and Jeff Simon , CNN ...

The Jackson campaign made up facts for political advantage, but the real story is of the strong-willed Rachel Donelson. ... But when Andrew Jackson decided to run for president in the 1820s, ...

David Greenberg, a professor of history and media studies at Rutgers, is the author of three books of political history including Nixon’s Shadow: The History of an Image. He was a slave owner ...

Andrew Jackson, who was appointed governor of the Florida Territories, was the first to run, and after a failed attempt in 1824, was elected and reelected in the next two contests.

The use of campaign merchandise to connect with the public has been a U.S. tradition since the 1828 presidential race between John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson. Political signs have grown more ...