ABSTRACT
ANDREW JACKSON’S ADMINISTRATION ranks as one of the most important in American history. In the public view he was admired as a decisive man of action. This public estimate prompted a popular democratic movement which brought him to the Executive Mansion. In 1828, all but two states sanctioned popular voting for the electors, forcing politics to take on a new tone as the campaign was fought in newspapers, journals, and before mass meetings. The term “campaign” was a military term now carried over to the political arena. The mass meetings and the associated emergence of the professional politician indicated a new politics was taking shape.
