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'''Andrew Jackson''' was the seventh [[president of the United States of America]], elected as a hero after his military triumphs over the Creek Indians of the Southeast and the [[British]] at New Orleans in 1815. As president (1829-1837), he destroyed the Bank of the [[United States]], ethnically cleansed the remaining southeastern Natives, and built a new political coalition, the [[Democratic Party]]. A self-made man, Indian slaughter, war hero and a fighter (and duelist) who believed in action instead of words, he was long an iconic [[Democrat]] folk hero.  

'''Andrew Jackson''' (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was the seventh [[president of the United States of America]], elected as a hero after his military triumphs over the Creek Indians of the Southeast and the [[British]] at New Orleans in 1815. As president (1829–1837), he destroyed the Bank of the [[United States]], ethnically cleansed the remaining southeastern Natives, and built a new political coalition, the [[Democratic Party]]. A self-made man, Indian slaughter, war hero and a fighter (and duelist) who believed in action instead of words, he was long an iconic [[Democrat]] folk hero.  

But Jackson also defied the [[Supreme Court]] with a famous quip attributed to him: Chief Justice "John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it."<ref>https://sustainatlanta.com/2015/04/02/remembering-the-time-andrew-jackson-decided-to-ignore-the-supreme-court-in-the-name-of-georgias-right-to-cherokee-land/</ref>  Jackson then won reelection by a landslide.  [[Liberal]]s today, who use the courts to advance their agenda, no longer praise Jackson.

But Jackson also defied the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] with a famous quip attributed to him: Chief Justice "John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it."<ref>https://sustainatlanta.com/2015/04/02/remembering-the-time-andrew-jackson-decided-to-ignore-the-supreme-court-in-the-name-of-georgias-right-to-cherokee-land/</ref>  Jackson then won reelection by a landslide.  [[Liberal]]s today, who use the courts to advance their agenda, no longer praise Jackson.

Nicknamed "Old Hickory" by his admirers, he typified popular democracy in the "Jacksonian Age" of the 1830s and 1840s, and became the leader of [[Jacksonian Democracy]] during the [[Second Party System]]. He is the founder of the Democrat Party and its hero because of his strong use of the federal government to bash conservatives and banks; the poor farmers, workers and oppressed loved him because he embodied their hopes and fears, their passions and prejudices, their insight and ignorance, better than anyone.

Nicknamed "Old Hickory" by his admirers, he typified popular democracy in the "Jacksonian Age" of the 1830s and 1840s, and became the leader of [[Jacksonian Democracy]] during the [[Second Party System]]. He is the founder of the Democrat Party and its hero because of his strong use of the federal government to bash conservatives and banks; the poor farmers, workers and oppressed loved him because he embodied their hopes and fears, their passions and prejudices, their insight and ignorance, better than anyone.