One of our greatest in the U.S., President Andrew Jackson declared that the 1824 election was stolen, and publicly damned Henry Clay for what he called a corrupted bargain. He called him a Judas of the West. "Judas has received his 30 pieces of silver and he will have the same ending."
History:
He was the peoples candidate. A commoner who fought for the common man, and made it to be President. The only U.S. President to pay off the national debt. Was he perfect, no? No American President has been. It is too easy to attack Andrew Jackson for some of the historic horrors, but we didn't live in their world. It was a brutal world.
Many American Indians fought with Jackson as we fought the British in 1812. He was considered the second George Washington—securing our newly found freedom. It was a tough time for sure, but there wouldn’t have been any westward expansion without him defeating the Creek. There was no Indian unity. The tribes fought each other for territory too.
Jackson did betray treaties with tribes in the East. Jackson's policy, the policy that cumulated in the "Trail of Tears" , one of the great humanitarian tragedies in American history, was a policy that was in line with the policy of administrations before him and after him. It was the policy of the United States Government, for better or worse. Andrew Jackson was just more visible.
He was not the first President to favor Indian removal. Jefferson, Madison, Adams, and Monroe to name some, all tried to persuade Indians to move west.
Some say his hatred was passed down through his mother because of family members being killed by Indians. Federal agents were sent out to deliver a blunt message; all Indians were to voluntarily leave or pay state tax, meaning one had to serve in the state militia. The U.S. did not honor old treaties, thus "The Trail of Tears."
FDR, Bush 41, Reagan, and Trump had Jackson on the wall in the Oval Office. He was considered one of the first “common man” to become president and the men loved “Old Hickory.” In difficult times, he was ready for a fight to preserve the union. He was our 7th President of the United States of America.
His last words were, "I hope to meet you all in heaven, black and white." When he finally passed, somebody turned to one of the servants and asked, "Do you think General Jackson has gone to heaven?" The servant thought a minute and said, "If General Jackson wants to go to heaven, who's gonna stop him?"
