Cumberland University history professor Mark Cheathem discussed the results of the 1828 presidential election, which saw Andrew Jackson elected to his first term.

When Andrew Jackson won the 1828 presidential election, his victory also set into motion a political shift that would result in a party built to oppose a demagogue: the Whigs. In the wake of ...

Democrats have won 19 of 42 presidential elections since the party first ran a presidential candidate (Andrew Jackson) in 1828. While there is no precise date for the beginning of the Democratic ...

In the 1828 presidential election, Gen. Andrew Jackson denied John Quincy Adams a second term in office. Before coming to Washington from Tennessee, Old Hickory’s beloved wife Rachel died suddenly.