What were the consequences of Andrew Jackson's election to the presidency?

Question

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Answer 1

He was overshadowed by personal tragedy.  During the campaign his opponents had resurrected the charges that his marriage had been irregular, and this may have hastened a decline in his wife's health. Worn out and defeated by her long effort to avoid the glare of public life, Mrs. Jackson died at the Hermitage (homeplace in Tenn.) on December 22, 1828.

Answer 2

Andrew Jackson was the first populist president.  In other words, he did not come from the aristocratic class but was "born in a log cabin."  His inauguration was viewed with horror by the old guard.  People were getting drunk, having fights, jumping out of the windows of the White House.  In spite of this, the nation managed to survive.

Viewed in a positive light, Andrew Jackson's election made the United States a true democracy, one in which "anyone could become president" (as long as he was male and white) and one in which everybody could participate in the voting (again, as long as he was male and white).