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SERIES FOREWORD xi ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii AN INTRODUCTION TO JACKSONIAN AMERICA xv THE DEMOCRATS ANDREW JACKSON (1767-1845) 3 MARTIN VAN BUREN (1782-1862) 19 JOHN C. CALHOUN (1782-1850) 29 JAMES KNOX POLK (1795-1849) 45 THOMAS HART BENTON (1782-1858) 59 SAM HOUSTON (1793-1863) 73 THE WHIGS HENRY CLAY (1777-1851) 89 DANIEL WEBSTER (1782-1852) 107 JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1767-1848) 125 WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON (1773-1841) 141 JOHN TYLER (1790-1844) 153 NICHOLAS BIDDLE (1786-1844) 163 WRITERS AND REFORMERS WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON (1805-1879) 175 LUCRETIA MOTT (1793-1880) 187 SARAH AND ANGELINA GRIMKE (SARAH, 1792-1873; ANGELINA, 1804-1879) 197 RALPH WALDO EMERSON (1803-1882) 207 CHARLES GRANDISON FINNEY (1792-1875) 217 JAMES FENIMORE COOPER (1789-1851) 231 APPENDIX: BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES 237 INDEX 253Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: United States History 1815-1861 Biography Dictionaries, Politicians United States Biography Dictionaries, Social reformers United States Biography Dictionaries, Intellectuals United States Biography Dictionaries, United States Politics and government 1815-1861, Federal government United States History 19th century, Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 Influence