Andrew Jackson (1829-1837) Common Man's President (dec 30, 1828 – aug 27, 1837)
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In politics and government, a spoils system is a practice in which a political party, after winning an election, gives government civil service jobs to its supporters, friends, and relatives as a reward ...Nullification crisis, in U.S. history, confrontation between the state of South Carolina and the federal government in 1832–33 over the former's attempt to declare null and void within the state the federal Tariffs of 1828 and 1832.
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dec 30, 1828
aug 27, 1837
~ 8 years and 7 months