A Jackson man
Amos Kendall and the rise of American democracy
by Donald B. Cole
"A rare, fascinating personality emerges in Donald B. Cole's biography of Amos Kendall (1789-1869), the reputed intellectual engine behind Andrew Jackson's administration and an influential figure in the transformation of young America from an agrarian republic to a capitalist democracy. After helping Jackson win the election of 1828, Kendall became the president's chief adviser - speech writer, postmaster general, and author of the famous veto of the bill to recharter the Bank of the United States. Born on a small Massachusetts farm and educated at Dartmouth, Kendall moved to Kentucky as a young man to seek his fortune and eventually became one of the very few nationally prominent antebellum politicians who successfully combined northern origins and southern experience."--BOOK JACKET.
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Jackson Man: Amos Kendall and the Rise of American Democracy
2010, LSU Press
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A Jackson man: Amos Kendall and the rise of American democracy
2004, Louisiana State University Press
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A Jackson man: Amos Kendall and the rise of American democracy
2003, Louisiana State University Press
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-320) and index.
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