Andrew Jackson's tombstone is etched ... an image that is taking a beating during the 2016 presidential campaign as Democrats cast off Jackson and Thomas Jefferson from state party fundraising ...

At age 13, Andrew Jackson joined the Continental ... but the mistake would haunt them. During the campaign of 1828, Rachel’s past was used against Jackson. Suffering from heart trouble, Rachel ...

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 ...

Andrew Jackson's opponents called him a "jackass" during the campaign, and Jacksonians adopted it as a political symbol. In the late 1820s, Andrew Jackson led a splintered group of Democratic ...

RALEIGH — Shortly before Donald Trump’s return to the White House, staffers made sure to rehang an Andrew Jackson portrait that Joe ... During election campaigns, Jackson and his Democratic successors ...

By the early 19th century, rivalries among political factions ... party system in the era of Andrew Jackson, advocacy replaced commemoration. Commemorative clothing buttons, sewing boxes, and crockery ...

Amid these preservation efforts, the White House had to contend with a southern magnolia tree planted by former President Andrew Jackson. The tree came from Jackson’s home in Tennessee.

The donkey and elephant became political symbols in the United ... associated with the Democratic Party during Andrew Jackson's presidential campaign in 1828. Jackson's opponents labeled him ...