When Andrew Jackson won the election of 1829 and took office, he was prepared to make many changes in office. Jackson’s view of democracy was that government must do what is in the best interest of the people. As seventh president of the United States of America, he wanted to change the way things were run in the past. His ideal was to make the voice of the heard and give them equal representation. Jackson did do some great things in his life time, but many were contradictory and were seen as harsh and undemocratic. Although Jackson was seen as the democratic “People’s President” by many, majority of his decisions in office were undemocratic because he treated minorities as inferior, abused his presidential powers, and caused the removal of…show more content… Many times in his presidency, he extended the grasp in which his position as president held. One of Jackson's most undemocratic decisions was when he vetoed the National Bank. Some may fight that shutting down the bank was in the best interest of the people, when really it hurt them more because it led to the economic downfall known as the Panic of 1837. If Jackson had never shut down the bank this epidemic would have never occurred. It was also undemocratic of Andrew Jackson to go against the supreme court and say the power of the bank was for the states. However, in the Maryland vs. McCulloh court case, the National Bank was justified to be an implied power of the federal government. Another undemocratic action Jackson had was to implement the spoils system. The spoils system was a system in which devoted supporters of Jackson's party would be rewarded with government jobs. This is not fair at all because the others who had opposing views were not able to get these positions in government. This created an unfair balance of parties within government. The spoils system also put unqualified people within government. An example is with the instance of Samuel Swartwout. Jackson appointed Swartwout as collector of the Port of New York just for being a supporter. Swartwout happened to have criminal tendencies and ended up stealing over one million dollars and fleeing. This goes to show that
