I was looking for another time in American history when a candidate for President of the United States was met with the same distaste as Donald Trump is meeting today. I found one verbal similarity with President Thomas Jefferson vs. candidate Andrew Jackson.
Thomas Jefferson on Andrew Jackson:
“I feel much alarmed at the prospect of seeing General Jackson (as) President. He is one of the most unfit men I know of for such a place. He has had very little respect for laws and constitutions, and is, in fact, an able military chief. His passions are terrible. When I was president of the Senate, he was Senator; and he could never speak on account of the rashness of his feelings. I have seen him attempt it repeatedly, and as often choke with rage. His passions are, no doubt, cooler now; he has been much tried since I knew him, but he is a dangerous man.”
“Daniel Webster’s Interview With Thomas Jefferson,” 1824
Andrew Jackson did become president, but it was two years after the death of Thomas Jefferson.
John Martone
Aiken
