In what is today known as the Trail of Tears, members of the Cherokee Nation were rounded up and transplanted westward by military force in 1838 under Jackson’s successor Martin Van Buren. Legacy In ...

Andrew Jackson’s story is one of unlikely success ... President Jackson’s farewell address (March 1837) is one of the highlights of the book. Unfortunately, the circumstances of the address ...

Program note: Explore the vicious rematch between Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams on “Race For The White House,” Sunday, April 3, at 9 p.m. You’ve probably heard about the movement to ...

A new film showcasing the life and career of President Andrew Jackson debuts this ... based Cortina Productions, depicts the highlights of Jackson's life, including his veto of a bill that ...

Editor's note: H.W. Brands is the author of “Andrew Jackson” and other works of American history. He is a professor of history at the University of Texas-Austin and is a two-time finalist for ...

Andrew Jackson may be giving way to Harriet Tubman on the face of the $20 bill, but the seventh president’s image is on the ascent in the modern White House. On his fifth day in office ...

Donald Trump regards it as a mirror. On Wednesday, he traveled to Tennessee to commemorate the 250th birthday of the seventh president, Andrew Jackson, and toured Jackson’s plantation ...

No one is more deserving of the distinction than Harriet Tubman. Yet why was Andrew Jackson depicted our $20? How did average Americans perceive him? Why was Jackson relevant? New York Mayor ...