Andrew Jackson may have been our seventh president, but he was first in many ways. Jackson's presidency is noted for its redefinition of the office: the introduction of the concept that the president is one with the people and the only spokesman who could represent them; liberal use of the veto power; belief in the permanence of the Union, even to the point of military enforcement of the law; and vigorous attempts at exterminating the Native Americans. Right from his inaugural address, Andrew Jackson showed that he was the “people’s Presi ....