Martin Van Buren

This was the Democratic Party—a party with roots reaching back to Thomas Jefferson and his anti-Hamiltonians but that took on a modern shape and its modern name only under Jackson and Van Buren. And, in 1828, Jackson's Democrats won the national election—won on the basis of a larger electorate and larger turnout and many more humble people than in any previous election in all of history. Should we resolve the ambiguity by removing Jackson…

The case was a pivotal part of the abolitionist movement, but the threat of civil war was exaggerated and a bit pre mature, especially in the dramatic discussions between Van Buren and Calhoun. The tension between sections was on the rise, and the case did cause tension, but true panic of succession and war came a little later. The verdict of this specific case would not have necessarily speed up the progress towards war. Another…

is more a nation of the people. As President Martin Van Buren puts it when speaking to Calderon: “Calderon: What 's most bewildering to Her Majesty... is this arrogant independence of the American courts. After all, if you cannot rule the courts, you cannot rule. Martin Van Buren: Señor Calderon, as any true American will tell you, it 's the independence of our courts that keeps us free.” Though the courts of America aren 't as independant as Van Buren would have you believe. He himself…

John Quincy Adams was an ardent expansionist. What actions did he support to help the United States become the “first and mightiest nation in the world”? While James Monroe’s secretary of state he drafted part of the Monroe Doctrine which “would oppose any further efforts at colonization by European powers in the Americas” (Foner 386) This would ensure that the U.S would not get involved in any further conflicts with European powers whilst expanding westward as well as establishing diplomatic…

Democrats nominated former Secertary of State, Martin Van Buren, however the Whig Party put forward three candidates (Daniel Webster, William Henry Harrision and Hugh White) and held no national convention unlike the Democrats. Votes were cast and Martin Van Buren was announced as the eighth president of the United States of America. During his stint as president, Van Buren constantly had disagreements surrounding the Whig Party. In the election of 1840, the…

The Distribution Act of 1836 and the Specie Circular, ended up causing a lot of damage to the nation’s economy. Martin Van Buren who was Andrew Jackson’s go to and Vice President, ended up taking over as president. As the Panic of 1837 ended up occurring within the nation, it was Van Buren who was faulted for the blame and not Andrew Jackson and his policies that he approved. Martin came up with the Independent Treasury Act of 1840, to assist with the protection of the nation’s economy but…

After a time of triumph and nationalism post War of 1812, Americans were as gleeful as could be. The war ended gallantly with a win in New Orleans by troops led by Andrew Jackson. The presidential race of 1828 consisted of two strong candidates with faithful followers, John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson. Adams was a highly educated man in terms of foreign affairs with his supporters being called National Republicans. On the contrary, Jackson, or "Old Hickory," was a charismatic man of the…

Jackson. Although started in 1820 the spoils system made no great headway until President Jackson’s Administration, in eight years removed more men from office than had been removed in the whole 40 years previous largely through the influence of Van Buren, then Secretary of State, who had been brought up under the spoils system in New York State (Brown pg. 196). Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States of America. President Jackson served as President from 1829 to 1837.…

weapons, sympathized with the Seminoles, and saw the entire conflict which some now proclaimed to be the “Bloodhound War” as an insidious attempt to expand slavery. More importantly however, the bloodhound controversy was seized upon by President Martin Van Buren’s Whig opponents for use in the ensuing presidential election. Though the dogs proved ineffective in the conflict and seized being used in military operations by the spring of the same, abolitionists had found an issue which…

The original bureaucracy of the federal government consisted only of employees from three small departments, State, Treasury, and War. The executive branch employs today almost three million people. Not only have the numbers of bureaucrats grown, but also the methods and standards for hiring and promoting people have changed dramatically. Given the size of the bureaucracy, it is difficult to imagine a statistically typical bureaucrat. As a whole, however, the permanent bureaucracy is more…