Andrew Jackson’s Inaugural Address Broadside.

JACKSON, Andrew.

$1,500.00

Item Number: 147278

Pennsylvania: Marietta, March 10, 1829.

Rare broadside of the seventh President of the United States’ first inaugural address, printed in the Marietta Pilot six days after his being sworn in on March 4, 1829. Quarto, broadside printing of Andrew Jackson’s inaugural address, the speech reads in part, ‘Fellow Citizens: About to undertake the arduous duties that I have been appointed to perform, by the choice of a free people, I avail myself of this customary and solemn occasion, to express the gratitude which this confidence inspires, and to acknowledge the accountability which my situation enjoins… As the instrument of the Federal Constitution, it will devolve on me… to execute the laws of the United States; to superintend their foreign and confederate relations; to manage their revenue; to command their forces; and, by communications to the Legislature, to watch over and to promote their interests generally.’ Framed. In very good condition with mail folds, some toning. The piece measures 11 inches by 15 inches.

American statesman and soldier Andrew Jackson was inaugurated as the seventh President of the United States of America in 1829 after defeating President John Quincy Adams in a landslide electoral victory. "The Age of Jackson" was marked by a shift and expansion of democracy with a goal of passing a portion of the political power of the established elites to the ordinary voter, or "common man" whom Jackson strongly believed had the ability to "arrive at right conclusions." Throughout his term, Jackson sought to reduce the power of the federal government in favor of agrarian sympathies which resulted in the redistribution of the Native American population and the ascendancy of the party spoils system.