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Weekly 150: Andrew Jackson

The Birth of the Democratic Party

By Jason Martin
jmartin@mckenziebanner.com
Posted 10/17/23

After serving two terms as President from 1829 to 1837, Andrew Jackson retired to his beloved plantation, The Hermitage, just outside of Nashville. His retirement, however, did not mark the end of his political influence but rather the beginning of a new phase in his career as a statesman.

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