The will of the American people, expressed through their unsolicited suffrages, calls me before you to pass through the solemnities preparatory to taking upon myself the duties of President of the ...

Facebook X Reddit Email Save. If there is one president that Donald Trump wants to associate with himself, it’s Andrew Jackson. The 45th president has repeatedly praised Jackson in his speeches ...

President Trump gave a historic speech last week honoring President Andrew Jackson. True to current form, the media largely either missed or maligned it. During his visit to the Hermitage, Jackson ...

President John Quincy Adams boycotted his successor’s 1829 inauguration — which was as much a brawl as the previous year’s election, which Adams lost to Andrew Jackson. Four years earlier ...

In an interview that aired Monday, President Trump spoke highly of Andrew Jackson, and wondered why more people don't ask why the Civil War happened, asserting Jackson could have prevented it.

Next month we celebrate the bicentennial of Andrew Jackson's victory at the Battle of New Orleans. On that day, our borders were secured. However, our American democracy remained in its adolescence.

Trump gave a 10-minute speech to as many as 400 people from the steps of the mansion, saying he was a "big fan" of Jackson. Among those attending were nearly 100 Tennessee lawmakers.

President Andrew Jackson was among their number that day. At 67, ... Jackson had used bluster and fiery speeches to garner support for his emergent Democratic coalition.

About to undertake the arduous duties that I have been appointed to perform by the choice of a free people, I avail myself of this customary and solemn occasion to express the gratitude which ...