Nicholas Biddle
Nicolas Biddle was the bank president and political enemy of Jackson.
Andrew Biddle was the president of the Bank of the US. He was supported by the old establishment- especially in the Northwest . He was a bitter political enemy of Andrew Jackson and so was supported by many of Jackson's opponents.
Andrew Jackson
He was known as the Great Compromiser for his work in the US Senate. He also ran for President and served as Secretary State in the J. Q. Adams administration. He was a political enemy of Andrew Jackson.
He was known as the Great Compromiser for his work in the US Senate. He also ran for President and served as Secretary State in the J. Q. Adams administration. He was a political enemy of Andrew Jackson.
Senator William I Marcy supported Andrew Jackson's replacement of John Quincy Adam's appointees by referring to the idea that "to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy." So, in a sense, Jackson created the "spoils system" of political patronage.
Senator William I Marcy supported Andrew Jackson's replacement of John Quincy Adam's appointees by referring to the idea that "to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy." So, in a sense, Jackson created the "spoils system" of political patronage.
John C. Calhoun
Andrew Jacksons rivals were the Whigs. Love: Jacey M.
The bill was to re-charter the Bank of the US. The president of the bank was a long-time Jackson enemy and he pressured Congress to time the bill in order to make it a campaign issue. Jackson had long opposed the bank because it had become a political arm of the Eastern establishment of which Jackson was not a member. He believed that a national bank was unconstitutional. Jackson did more than veto the rechartering bill. After the bill failed, he did not wait for the charter to expire, but ordered federal funds to be withdrawn from the bank and placed in western state banks . This dried up capital in the East and made credit easy on the west, causing a unhealthy financial bubble in land speculation.
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