President Andrew Jackson had some 20,000 of his supporters attend a celebration around the White House following his first inauguration in 1829. The mob quickly grew rowdy, however, with fights ...

This tradition initially began in 1837, when Andrew Jackson attended the inauguration of Martin Van ... presidency was transferred to an opposing party,” according to The White House Historical ...

Jackson’s first election was opposed by his four living predecessors, as Trump’s was by his five. But Jackson was the first and so far only president who determined his party’s presidential ...