JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON
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Adams and Tyler
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Harrison and Roosevelt
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Calhoun and Van Buren
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Pierce and Tyler
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Detailed explanation-1: -Most vice presidents have been in their 50s or 60s and had political experience prior to assuming the office. Two vice presidents-George Clinton and John C. Calhoun-served under more than one president.
Detailed explanation-2: -The biography for President Van Buren and past presidents is courtesy of the White House Historical Association. Martin Van Buren was the eighth President of the United States (1837-1841), after serving as the eighth Vice President and the tenth Secretary of State, both under President Andrew Jackson.
Detailed explanation-3: -For vice president, the National Republicans nominated John Sergeant, who had served as an attorney for both the Second Bank of the United States and the Cherokee Nation.