The dominance of the executive in American government today was set in motion nearly two centuries ago. Former President ...

Explore the incredible story of how President Andrew Jackson survived a slash to the head. Abbott's 'death penalty' comment on jet ski crash prompts Houston civil rights nonprofit to respond ...

This had devastating effects on the economy throughout the course of his successor Martin Van Buren’s presidency. Legacy Andrew Jackson is of the most portrayed chief executives in the history of ...

This Day in History. On this day in 1830, 195 years ago, President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act.

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 and tweets, placed a portrait of ...

Andrew Jackson was born 250 years ago this ... but he never would have been president. Of the first 12 presidents (Jackson was the seventh), only two never owned slaves. Every Southern president ...

In Defense of Andrew Jackson, Bradley J. Birzer, Regnery History, 209 pages I grew up with an affinity for our seventh president. It came naturally—partly from patriotic interest in U.S. history ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

Andrew Jackson, the seventh president, has a birthday today. But how much do you know about one of the most controversial presidents? Even Jackson’s birthplace is controversial, since no one ...

Former Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson said it doesn’t make sense that President Andrew Jackson will no longer be the centerpiece of the $20 bill because he was the last master of ...

In an interview on SiriusXM Monday afternoon, President Donald Trump wondered aloud about why the Civil War wasn't "worked out" and whether Andrew Jackson, who died 16 years before the war started ...

No, that isn’t an account of President Donald Trump’s first weeks in office. It is a description of Andrew Jackson’s first 40 days on the job, according to James Parton’s 1860 book ...