Perspective: Donald Trump may not be Andrew Jackson’s true heir in the 2020 presidential race
2020 Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders greets supporters after a rally at the Iowa state fairgrounds in Des Moines on Saturday. By Daniel N. Gullotta Daniel N. Gullotta is a Ph.D. student in religious studies specializing in American religious history at Stanford University. He is also the host of the Age of Jackson Podcast.
The 1824 election, which Jackson lost, set the stage for his later political success. Given his celebrity status as a war hero, Jackson entered the race for the presidency with a strong advantage over his competitors: John Quincy Adams, William H. Crawford and Henry Clay. Admired as “Old Hickory,” promoted as a man of the people and supported with spectacular fanfare at barbecues, rallies and parades, the Jackson machine seemed unstoppable.
But while Adams writhed, Jackson rallied and thrived. In the lead-up to the next election, Jackson spent years preparing to take Washington by storm. While his most intimate friends and closest supporters doubled their efforts behind the scenes to help Jackson’s chances within the political establishment, a public backlash to the “corrupt bargain” mounted. Many American voters perceived the election of 1824 as a miscarriage of political justice.
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