| Andrew Jackson served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Depicted as a man of the people and the first candidate to gain the presidency despite his nonaristocratic background, Jackson led a political movement known as Jacksonian Democracy, which courted the general public rather than the wealthy circles of society. Jackson’s election shifted the balance of power in the country from wealthy, East Coast interests to those of the farmers and small businesspeople in the West. By vetoing more bills than any previous president and confronting the power of the U.S. Congress, Jackson strengthened the office of the president. |
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