President Trump may think he is President Jackson reincarnated -- but there are lessons in Old Hickory's resistance to ...

his “Kitchen Cabinet” of advisors, and the grooming of his successor, Martin Van Buren. In retirement, Jackson would continue to inspire commentary; an 1840 article on the occasion of the Silver ...

Jackson saw parallels with his own late wife's reputation and took the opportunity to dissolve his cabinet for a year, meeting with an informal group of advisors he called the "kitchen cabinet ...