andrew jackson

From bootless brawler to unchecked power machine, Andrew Jackson is the ultimate “maybe don’t root for him too hard” story. He clawed his way out of a brutal childhood—dead parents, dead brothers, and a whole lot of Revolutionary War trauma—and somehow landed in the halls of power. By all accounts, he should’ve been a historical footnote. Instead, he became a war hero, a courtroom bruiser, and a political icon with serious main character energy. America loves a self-made man... until that man starts making laws.

And that’s where things get messy. Because once Jackson hit the White House, he brought that same brawler energy—just with more vetoes and way worse consequences. He crushed the national bank, ignored the Supreme Court, and steamrolled Indigenous nations like they were inconvenient speed bumps on his path to greatness. Jackson’s rise is fascinating, infuriating, and full of red flags we absolutely should have seen coming.