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Andrew Jackson served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Unlike previous presidents, Jackson was born into a poor family. His election to the presidency shifted the balance of power in the country from wealthy, East Coast interests to those of the farmers and small-business owners in the West. Jackson’s political policies, which courted the general public rather than the wealthy, later became known as Jacksonian Democracy. This excerpt (recited by an actor) comes from a speech by Jackson.
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