A Jackson man

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"A rare, fascinating personality emerges in Donald B. Cole's biography of Amos Kendall (1789-1869), the reputed intellectual engine behind Andrew Jackson's administration and an influential figure in the transformation of young America from an agrarian republic to a capitalist democracy. After helping Jackson win the election of 1828, Kendall became the president's chief adviser - speech writer, postmaster general, and author of the famous veto of the bill to recharter the Bank of the United States. Born on a small Massachusetts farm and educated at Dartmouth, Kendall moved to Kentucky as a young man to seek his fortune and eventually became one of the very few nationally prominent antebellum politicians who successfully combined northern origins and southern experience."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: Biography,  Politics and government,  Politicians,  Journalists,  Cabinet officers,  Politicians, united states,  Journalists, biography,  United states, politics and government, 1815-1861

People: Amos Kendall (1789-1869)

Places: United States,  Southern States,  Kentucky

Times: 1815-1861