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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 was its hero for a time because of his strong use of the presidency to bash crony capitalism, central banking, and profligate federal spending. 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. Jackson has been perceived as an early forerunner of the [[conservative]] [[Tea Party]] for his strong commitment to [[limited government]], his [[strict construction]] of the Constitution, his rejection of globalism, and his commitment to [[American exceptionalism]].<ref>https://spectator.org/andrew-jackson-tea-party-president/</ref><ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2010/09/andrew-jacksons-tea-party-042640</ref><ref>https://democracyjournal.org/magazine/31/the-anti-jacksonians/</ref> A populist, he has also been viewed as a forerunner to President [[Donald Trump]] and the 45th President cites him favorably.<ref>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2016/01/17/andrew-jackson-revenant/</ref><ref>http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/06/trump-may-be-the-true-heir-of-andrew-jackson.html</ref><ref>https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-andrew-jackson-would-never-have-let-civil-war-happen</ref><ref>https://time.com/4699849/donald-trump-andrew-jackson-grave/</ref>
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 was its hero for a time because of his strong use of the presidency to bash crony capitalism, central banking, and profligate federal spending. 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. Jackson has been perceived as an early forerunner of the [[conservative]] [[Tea Party]] for his strong commitment to [[limited government]], his [[strict construction]] of the Constitution, his rejection of globalism, and his commitment to [[American exceptionalism]].<ref>https://spectator.org/andrew-jackson-tea-party-president/</ref><ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2010/09/andrew-jacksons-tea-party-042640</ref><ref>https://democracyjournal.org/magazine/31/the-anti-jacksonians/</ref> A populist, he has also been viewed as a forerunner to President [[Donald Trump]] and the 45th President cites him favorably.<ref>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2016/01/17/andrew-jackson-revenant/</ref><ref>http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/06/trump-may-be-the-true-heir-of-andrew-jackson.html</ref><ref>https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-andrew-jackson-would-never-have-let-civil-war-happen</ref><ref>https://time.com/4699849/donald-trump-andrew-jackson-grave/</ref>
However, as noted above, he was considered a [[liberal]], as [[Jacksonian democracy]], the ideology named after him and supported by him, was thought of as being left-wing at the time. According to [[liberal]] historian [[Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.]], it provided roots for modern liberalism and influenced [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]]<ref>Arthur Schlesinger Jr., The Age of Jackson (1945)</ref> [[Robert V. Remini]], who was Jackson's biographer, stated:
{{Cquote|Jacksonian Democracy, then, stretches the concept of democracy about as far as it can go and still remain workable. [...] As such it has inspired much of the dynamic and dramatic events of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in American history—Populism, Progressivism, the New and Fair Deals, and the programs of the New Frontier and Great Society to mention the most obvious.<ref>Robert V. Remini (2011). The Life of Andrew Jackson. p. 307. ISBN 9780062116635.</ref>}}
==Career==
==Career==