Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson set the standard for the most tumultuous presidential term ever — at least until now.

Most recent scholarship, while supporting the view that the policy was vicious, has not addressed the question of genocide.

The truth about policies of Native American removal.

He never denounced slavery and was brutal towards American Indians, but remains a popular figure. Why?

Jacksonian democracy may have been liberating for some, but it was repressive for many others.

A new biography of Andrew Jackson recounts a bloody history, and reveals disturbing parallels between the 1830s and the Trump era.

It started with a hatred of crony capitalism.

In the 19th century, Jackson broadened the electorate, but the self-righteousness of some Democrats impedes their efforts to do the same.

Trump has called Andrew Jackson a "military hero and genius and a beloved president."

The president deserves the Jackson legacy, but not for the reasons he'd like.

Andrew Jackson was the first president to carry a big stick: he beat a would-be assassin with a cane.

Was bringing home an Indian boy-after slaughtering his family-an act of compassion or of political expedience?

Andrew Jackson deserves nothing but contempt from modern America, not a place on our currency.

A favorite of Old Hickory, she made him seem kinder than he was. Why?

When Donald Trump and his followers go in search of historical forerunners to justify their regime, they turn with striking regularity to the presidency.

The worship of military technocrats underwrites American failures abroad.

We must stand by the principles of the open society, pluralism, freedom, and mutual toleration.

As a congressman, Davy Crockett found ways to navigate populist upheaval and maintain his own independence.

The overlooked Creek War set the tone for America to come.

American democracy has been haunted by the spectre of a Caesar-type figure since the birth of the republic. Have such fears ever been justified?