Our Presidents and how we make themMcClure, Alexander K. (Alexander Kelly)
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Our Presidents and how we make them
McClure, Alexander K. (Alexander Kelly)
Presidents -- United States -- Election
North Carolina │ 15 │ ―― │ ―― │ ―― ║ 15 │ ―― │ ―― │ ―― │ ――
South Carolina │ ―― │ ―― │ 11 │ ―― ║ ―― │ ―― │ ―― │ 11 │ ――
Georgia │ 11 │ ―― │ ―― │ ―― ║ 11 │ ―― │ ―― │ ―― │ ――
Alabama │ 7 │ ―― │ ―― │ ―― ║ 7 │ ―― │ ―― │ ―― │ ――
Mississippi │ 4 │ ―― │ ―― │ ―― ║ 4 │ ―― │ ―― │ ―― │ ――
Louisiana │ 5 │ ―― │ ―― │ ―― ║ 5 │ ―― │ ―― │ ―― │ ――
Kentucky │ ―― │ 15 │ ―― │ ―― ║ ―― │ 15 │ ―― │ ―― │ ――
Tennessee │ 15 │ ―― │ ―― │ ―― ║ 15 │ ―― │ ―― │ ―― │ ――
Ohio │ 21 │ ―― │ ―― │ ―― ║ 21 │ ―― │ ―― │ ―― │ ――
Indiana │ 9 │ ―― │ ―― │ ―― ║ 9 │ ―― │ ―― │ ―― │ ――
Illinois │ 5 │ ―― │ ―― │ ―― ║ 5 │ ―― │ ―― │ ―― │ ――
Missouri │ 4 │ ―― │ ―― │ ―― ║ 4 │ ―― │ ―― │ ―― │ ――
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Totals │ 219 │ 49 │ 11 │ 7 ║ 189 │ 49 │ 30 │ 11 │ 7
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Jackson’s second administration was even more tempestuous than the
first. His nullification proclamation that convulsed the country from
centre to circumference, and the first “pocket veto” in the history of
the country by which he had killed the Land bill, were among the later
acts of his first administration, and entered very largely into the
bitterness of political dispute that continued during his second term.
Both were denounced as violent usurpations, and it is doubtful whether
any but Andrew Jackson could have made the record he left on both of
those vital issues.
He had vetoed the recharter of the United States Bank during his first
term, and supplemented that hostility to the institution early in his
second term by the removal of the Government deposits from the bank.
His Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Duane, resolutely opposed the
removal of the deposits, but Jackson would not brook opposition, and
in order to carry out his new financial policy, he accepted Duane’s
resignation and appointed Roger B. Taney, who was in accord with the
President, and who was finally rewarded by his promotion to the Chief
Justiceship of the United States.
He had devoted followers in Congress; he was absolute master of
Congressional action during his second term, and he was heartily
supported by the great mass of the people, a very large portion of whom
regarded him as the model patriot and the infallible political oracle
of the nation. They loved his courage and his pugnacity, and as he
always was the winner, they had every inspiration to rejoice over the
triumphs of their devotedly worshipped leader.
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