The Rise of Andrew Jackson: Myth, Manipulation, and the Making of Modern Politics

385 Pages·2018·12.49 MB·English

by  David S. Heidler

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Names: Heidler, David Stephen, 1955-author. | Heidler, Jeanne T., author.
Title: The rise of Andrew Jackson : myth, manipulation, and the making of
modern politics / David S. Heidler and Jeanne T. Heidler.
Description: New York : Basic Books, 2018.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018015938| ISBN 9780465097562 (hardcover) | ISBN
9780465097579 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845. |
Presidents--United States--Election--1828. | Political campaigns--United
States--History--19th century. | Political parties—United States--History--19th
century. | Political culture--United States--History--19th century. | United States-
-History--1815-1861. |
Presidents--United States--Biography. | United States--Politics and government-
-1829-1837.
Classification: LCC E381 .H45 2018 | DDC 973.5/6092 [B]—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018015938]
ISBNs: 978-0-46509756-2 (hardcover), 978-0-46509757-9 (ebook) E3-
20180905-JV-NF
CONTENTS
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Illustrations
Editorial Note
INTRODUCTION
PROLOGUE
Chapter 1 HICKORY
Chapter 2 HERO
Chapter 3 IMAGE
Chapter 4 CAESAR
Chapter 5 TWO WASHINGTONS
Chapter 6 SOLON
Chapter 7 1824
Chapter 8 ELECTION
Chapter 9 BARGAINS
Chapter 10 ALLEGATIONS
Chapter 11 MACHINE
Chapter 12 INK
Chapter 13 MAGICIAN
Chapter 14 MUD
Chapter 15 TRIUMPH
EPILOGUE
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Also by David S. Heidler and Jeanne T. Heidler
Abbreviations
Notes
Index
T
O OUR BROTHERS
C D H III
LARE . EIDLER
J A H
OHN . EIDLER
M A T
ICHAEL . WIGGS
“Friends given by nature”
ILLUSTRATIONS
1828 Campaign Portrait
John Overton
The Battle of New Orleans
Early and Inaccurate Likeness of Andrew Jackson
Senator Andrew Jackson
Anticaucus Political Cartoon
Electoral Ticket from Election of 1824
Rachel Jackson
Martin Van Buren
Coffin Handbill
“Pedlar and His Pack” Cartoon
EDITORIAL NOTE
We have not corrected most spelling and punctuation errors in quotations from
correspondence, diaries, and newspapers. Such errors were frequent in the early
nineteenth century and to indicate them as accurately transcribed with the
insertion of sic seemed to heckle the writer more than inform the reader. Only in
cases when confusion might result have we used sic. Otherwise, imaginative
spellers and eccentric grammarians have been allowed to speak in the pages that
follow free from a pedant’s pen.
During the 1828 campaign, the famous engraver James Longacre copied a
Ralph Earl portrait of Andrew Jackson that was sold to raise money for the
campaign. The practice would be expanded in all future presidential
campaigns. (Library of Congress)