JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON
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James Monroe
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John Quincy Adams
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James Polk
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Andrew Jackson
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Detailed explanation-1: -He resigned as Governor to join the Cabinet of President Andrew Jackson as Secretary of State. Following his three years as Secretary, Van Buren was elected Vice President under Jackson and served from 1833 to 1837. Van Buren won the presidential election of 1836, becoming the eighth President and serving until 1841.
Detailed explanation-2: -His vice president was Richard Mentor Johnson. Van Buren was president during the Panic of 1837, a recession that lasted until the mid-1840s.
Detailed explanation-3: -Vice President Jackson had many advisors during his second term, but chief among them was Van Buren. He secretly wrote Jackson’s speeches, managed Jackson’s Cabinet, worked Jackson’s policies through Congress, and still managed New York state politics.