Articles for tag: Andrew Jackson, Electoral Votes, Henry Clay

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History

The Election of 1824: The “Era of Good Feelings” Comes to an End

Candidates: Presidential: Andrew Jackson (Tennessee); John Quincy Adams (Massachusetts); William Crawford (Georgia); Henry Clay (Kentucky) Vice-Presidential: John Calhoun (South Carolina); Nathan Sanford (New York); Nathaniel Macon (North Carolina); Andrew Jackson (Tennessee); Martin Van Buren (New York); Henry Clay (Kentucky) Election Results Presidential: Andrew Jackson: 99 electoral votes, 151,000 popular votes John Quincy Adams: 84 electoral ...

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Movies

Ken Burns’ America: the Congress (1988)

Historian David McCullough is the narrator of this splendid piece on the Congress of the United States. He has the help throughout of interjections by Cokie Roberts, Charles McDowell, David Broder and Alistair Cooke, all experts in their field and in their knowledge of Congress. Congress is the Legislative branch of government consisting of 100 ...

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Andrew Jackson and Populism in the Democratic Party, 1828-1836

The rise of populist discontent following the 1824 presidential election, in which John Quincy Adams won the presidency in a congressional “corrupt bargain,” centered around the new feeling of democratic disenfranchisement in the western and southern states. The embodiment of these feelings came in the “outsider” candidacy and presidency of General Andrew Jackson, who wanted ...

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History

The Charming History of the Grandfather Clock

Today, we know these tall clocks that are set in wooden cases to be “Grandfather Clocks.” But, they weren’t always called that. In fact, they were first called, “Longcase Clocks” or “Coffin Clocks”. So how did they acquire their current name? Read this interesting article and find out the charming history of the Grandfather Clock. ...

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History

Andrew Jackson and Rhetorical War with the Bank of the United States

The Second Bank of the United States and the two term presidency of Andrew Jackson present one of the first major battles between populist interests and the elites within American society. The Second Bank was chartered by the federal government in 1816 to act as the only financial institution to function in all of the ...

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TRAVEL

Great Private Art Collections that Are Now Museums

I love to visit art museums and I’ve found my favorites tend to be collections that are the visions of a single owner. There are several great museums across the country that are the living embodiment of the men and women who assembled them. Art lovers can visit these once-private collections and here are three ...

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History

Andrew Jackson and the Bank Wars

At the beginning of the 1800s, during and after the War of 1812, the most powerful political party, and the one that had been in control since 1800, the Democratic-Republicans had begun to divide. From this one party came the Nation Republican Party and the Democratic Party. The National Republican Party had inherited a few ...