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In 1828 through a campaign filled with mud slinging on both sides, Andrew Jackson became the seventh President of the United States. More than anything, it was victory for control of government by the common people which was the idea that became known as “Jacksonian Democracy”. The election of 1828 was the beginning of Jackson’s revolution. Andrew Jackson won the election by 647,000 votes to 507,000, and 178-83 in the Electoral College. Far more people voted for president than in 1824. This led to one of the most significant events of Jackson’s period because a new two-party system emerged from the election. Indian removals were one of the ugliest events during the Jackson years. Jackson was responsible for moving the Cherokee Indians from Georgia to reservations located west of the Mississippi River. In these terrible times thousands of Cherokees wer