H.W. Brands: "No One Like Jackson Had Ever Been Elected (President)"
- H.W. Brands: "No One Like Jackson Had Ever Been Elected (President)" Robin Johnson 29:00
Nationally-eminent historian H.W. Brands discusses his book, Andrew Jackson: His Like and Times, a timely topic since Jackson is one of president Trump’s favorites. Brands discusses Jackson’s upbringing that shaped his values as president, the “Corrupt Bargain” and the longest campaign for the presidency in 1828, Jackson’s appeal to voters, his role in what Brands calls the beginning of American democracy and its first true test, and the similarities and differences between Jackson and Trump.
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