a shoot-out among quite a few men, and Jackson took a bullet to the shoulder. Doctors recommended it be amputated, but Jackson refused; this bullet, too, remained in him.These are just a few examples of how Jacksons past may have contributed greatly to his presidency; he had hatred towards many rivals and not to mention the British. Another soon to be rival on Jacksons list was John Quincy Adams; this was because in the election of 1824, Adams and Henry Clay made what Jackson called a corrupt bargain And this caused Jackson to lose the 1824 election which he believed he had rightfully earned.But the election of 1828 was much different; from the beginning it was personal. Jackson was convinced that he was the winning candidate for president, and Adams' backers were horrified at the thought of a vulgar frontiersman in the White House. The year 1828 brought a complete and everlasting change to the way presidential elections were done. This was an extremely offensive election in which Adams' followers took the name National Republicans. They published in papers across the country this filthy and hateful report:General Jacksons mother was a COMMON PROSTITUTE brought to this country by British soldiers! She afterward married a MULATTO MAN, with whom she had several children, of which number General Jackson IS ONE!! Although Adams and his supporters tried there hardest to corrupt Jacksons chances at becoming president, Jackson received three times the amount of electoral votes that Adams did, thus making him the President of the United States. Once in office Jackson immediately showed signs of bad leadership by using the Spoils System, which is where his put his friends into his Cabinet. In his 1st Inaugural Address he says,In the performance of a task thus generally delineated I shall endeavor to select men whose diligence and talents will insure in their respective stations able and faithful cooperation. This shows that righ...
