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Andrew Jackson's tombstone ... save Alexander Hamilton. Yet Jackson also has long been seen as a defender of the common man against the wealthy, the banks and the corrupt insiders in Washington ...

The 1828 election was seen as a rematch between John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson; the latter won, in part, because of the “Corrupt Bargain” election of 1824. Challenges In Congress, “Whigs,” as Jackson’s opponents became known, proved to be ...