Andrew Jackson was the seventh president of the United States, an American soldier and general, and a statesman who served in both houses of Congress. Jackson served eight years as president and was known as a "man of the people." Sounds like a great presidency, right? Not necessarily; Jackson would become a somewhat controversial president. Andrew Jackson wrote Good and Evil under his own name. From walking Native Americans to their new homes to preventing a civil war to creating a new political party, Jackson has a lot under his name and people's opinion of the seventh president goes back and forth to this day. In 1828, the election for president of the United States came down to two candidates. The sixth president of the United States John Quincy Adams and the American soldier and statesman Andrew Jackson. John Quincy Adams ran under the Federalist Party, while Andrew Jackson ran under the newly formed Democratic Party. The Democratic Party was formed in 1792, but the name was adopted by Andrew Jackson when he ran for office in 1828 (Wormser). Andrew Jackson won with his newly formed Democratic Party and would be called and known many things. King Andrew would become the nickname of the seventh president of the United States because of some of his Trail of Tears, the closing of the nation's banks, and the way he governed—all negative things about him. However, in the end, Jackson is on the twenty dollar bill and was the seventh president of the United States. That means he is part of the history that makes up the United States of America and should be remembered for the good things he did, regardless of what he did. This means he should be remembered for creating a successful political party, for his likeness to the common man and for how he kept the country together when the north and south were very opposed.