Whatever, Jackson, for the most part, was a “big gubment” guy, and not much to recommend him in my book. The early FDR.
No, he was not for big government. He vetoed several acts from congress designed to build roads etc. in the country. Moreover, most knew him as a states rights’ politician,someone against a larger federal government, or as we might say today, a big government advocate. The only thing he did do, which can be considered a win for big government was the Nullification Proclamation. And at the time it was a good thing because secession and nullification needed to be refuted. Moreover, he is the only president to ever pay off the national debt. Big government people don’t pay off debt. What makes you think he was a big government adovacte?
He was certainly not an early FDR. Jackson would never have advocated federal aid programs like the New Deal. FDR admired Jackson, but the two men were very different.