Many of the president's supporters felt that wealthy, property-owning citizens should control the government.
Jackson and the Democrats represented the interests of the common people. They did not feel that the rich had more right to govern than the poor.
The presidential election of 1828 was held on different days in the different states between October 31 and November 5. Voters in the northern states supported John Quincy Adams. Andrew Jackson won the South. Historian Daniel Feller says Southerners did not seem bothered by opponents’ fears that Jackson was mentally unstable and believed he should have unlimited power.
“They were much more compelled by the image of this great man of the people — exactly why they thought that is not clear — but, this great man of the people and also this great man on horseback, the Hero of New Orleans.”
Even President Adams recognized that Jackson was extremely well-liked.
“John Quincy Adams wrote in his diary years before the election that in a popularity contest, in a political contest, no man could stand against the Hero of New Orleans.”
When the electoral votes were counted, Andrew Jackson received 178. President Adams received only 83.
Rachel Jackson was proud of her husband. But she was not happy about the life she would have to lead as first lady. And her health seemed to be suffering. “For Mr. Jackson's sake," she said, "I am glad. For my own part, I never wished it."
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