Andrew Jackson was a rockstar. This anti-Eastern Establishment, working-class hero enjoyed wild popularity during his lifetime. He accrued fame initially as the victor of the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812 and later as the first American president to come from humble origins. Grateful citizens presented him with awards in homage. Artists and artisans fanned the flames of his celebrity by fashioning likenesses and promotional items. His foes deployed negative imagery in smear campaigns against him. Like many of his renegade rocker brethren, Jackson was a difficult and polarizing character .
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