Title: A Jackson man
Subtitle: Amos Kendall and the rise of American democracy
Description: "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.
Subjects: Biography, Politics and government, Politicians, Journalists, Cabinet officers, Politicians, united states, Journalists, biography, United states, politics and government, 1815-1861
Places: United States, Southern States, Kentucky
People: Amos Kendall (1789-1869)
Time periods: 1815-1861