Brown is the author of The First Populist: The Defiant Life of Andrew Jackson. He teaches history at Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania Charges of stolen presidential elections are rare in ...

During the 1828 presidential election, Democrat Andrew Jackson’s political enemies accused Rachel Jackson of being a bigamist and adulterer. Jackson, ever the fighter, defended his wife’s honor.

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

The 1828 election was seen as a rematch between John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson; the latter won, in part, because of the “Corrupt Bargain” election of 1824. Challenges In Congress, “Whigs,” as ...

Andrew Jackson, whose portrait Trump hung in the Oval Office during his first term. Investigations stalled or were delayed, giving him breathing room through to the 2024 election. Now, with his ...