[Verginius Rufus]

The Whig Party was so-called because of its opposition to "King Andrew I." The original Whigs in English politics had been the supporters of Parliament against the king, and the American patriots of the Revolutionary generation often referred to themselves as Whigs (and called their opponents Tories, the term for the supporters of the king in English politics).

Andrew Jackson did some admirable things before his Presidency, such as volunteering to fight in the American Revolution as a young teenager and beating the British at the battle of New Orleans, but there is lots to criticize in his Presidency, beyond his Indian policy.

The original Tennessee constitution of 1796 had not barred free black men from voting. The new one adopted while Jackson was President did--but I don't know if he had any influence on that decision at the state level.

The Cherokee Trail of Tears happened under the next President, Martin van Buren (also a Democrat), but it was a consequence of the Jackson policies.

[Sherman Logan]

Agreed.

The obsession of Jackson and his peeps with destroying the Bank was probably a very bad idea, as it turned out.

The USA almost certainly needed a National Bank at the time, and now, for that matter. Which is not to necessarily say Biddle’s bank or the Federal Reserve was or are the banks we need.

When Jackson shut down the Bank, he made a speculative and inflationary bubble and the resultant eventual Panic of 1837 inevitable.