Bibliography of Andrew Jackson

The following is a list of important scholarly resources related to Andrew Jackson.

Andrew Jackson, I am given to understand, was a patriot and a traitor. He was one of the greatest of generals, and wholly ignorant of the art of war. A writer brilliant, elegant, eloquent, without being able to compose a correct sentence, or spell words of four syllables. The first of statesmen, he never devised, he never framed a measure. He was the most candid of men, and was capable of the profoundest dissimulation. A most law-defying, law-obeying citizen. A stickler for discipline, he never hesitated to disobey a superior. A democratic autocrat. An urbane savage. An atrocious saint.

— James Parton, Life of Andrew Jackson (1860)[1]

Key biographies

  • Bassett, John Spencer (1911). The Life of Andrew Jackson. New York: Doubleday Page & Company. vol 1 online; vol 2 online
  • Cheathem, Mark R. (2013). Andrew Jackson, Southerner. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press. ISBN 978-0807-15098-6.
  • Remini, Robert V. (1977). Andrew Jackson and the Course of American Empire, 1767–1821. New York: Harper & Row Publishers, Inc. ISBN 0-8018-5912-3.
  • Remini, Robert V. (1981). Andrew Jackson and the Course of American Freedom, 1822–1832. New York: Harper & Row Publishers, Inc. ISBN 978-0-8018-5913-7.
  • Remini, Robert V. (1984). Andrew Jackson and the Course of American Democracy, 1833–1845. New York: Harper & Row Publishers, Inc. ISBN 0-8018-5913-1.
  • Parton, James (1860a). Life of Andrew Jackson, Volume 1. New York: Mason Brothers. OCLC 3897681.
  • Parton, James (1860b). Life of Andrew Jackson, Volume 2. New York: Mason Brothers. OCLC 3897681.
  • Parton, James (1860c). Life of Andrew Jackson, Volume 3. New York: Mason Brothers. OCLC 3897681.

Biographies, 20th and 21st centuries

Biographies, 19th century

Militia and military

Resources for Jackson and the Tennessee militia, U.S. Army, War of 1812, Creek War, First Seminole War, etc.

Tribal treaties, Indian wars, Indigenous policy

Bank War

Presidential cabinet

Presidential campaigns

Slavery, abolitionism, racism

Land speculation, land policy, territorial expansion

Tennessee state politics

Kinship networks, personal life, biographical dictionaries

Note: There are extensive family tree charts in volume one of The Papers, volume one of Remini, in Rogin (1976), and in Cheathem (October 2011). Part IV of the Legal Papers of A. Jackson also includes capsule biographies of many early-career affiliates.

Law, judges, courts

  • Brown, Steven Preston (2012). John McKinley and the Antebellum Supreme Court: Circuit Riding in the Old Southwest. John McKinley. Alabama: University of Alabama Press. ISBN 978-0-8173-1771-3.
  • Newmyer, R. Kent (2006). The Supreme Court under Marshall and Taney. The American history series (2nd ed.). Wheeling, Ill: Harlan Davidson. ISBN 978-0-88295-241-3.
  • Opal, J. M. (2017). Avenging the People: Andrew Jackson, the Rule of Law, and the American Nation. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-975170-9. LCCN 2016044301. OCLC 960030315.
  • Schwartz, Bernard (1993). A History of the Supreme Court. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195-09387-2.
  • Warshauer, Matthew (2006). Andrew Jackson and the Politics of Martial Law. Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press. ISBN 978-1572-33624-7.

Other specialized studies

Encyclopedias

Historiography, bibliography, literature reviews

Papers and correspondence

  • Jackson, Andrew (1926–1935). Bassett, John Spencer; Jameson, J. Franklin (eds.). The Correspondence of Andrew Jackson. Vol. 5. Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institute of Washington. OCLC 2533564. 7 volumes total. - HathiTrust - Internet Archive - Google Books
    • Vol 1. Up to April 30, 1814
    • Vol 2. May 1, 1814 – December 31, 1819
    • Vol 3. 1820–1828
    • Vol 4. 1829–1832
    • Vol 5. 1833–1838
    • Vol 6. 1839–1845
    • Vol 7. General index, by David Maydole Matteson
  • Jackson, Andrew. Smith, Sam B.; Owlsey, Harriet Chappell; Feller, Dan; Moser, Harold D. (eds.). The Papers of Andrew Jackson. Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press. OCLC 5029597.
  • Ely, James W. Jr.; Brown, Theodore Jr., eds. (1987). Legal Papers of Andrew Jackson. Supplement to the Papers of Andrew Jackson. Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Press. ISBN 978-0-87049-355-3. LCCN 82002635. OCLC 17590211.
  • Richardson, James D., ed. (1897). Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Washington, D.C.: Bureau of National Literature and Art. OCLC 980191506. Reprints his major messages and reports.
  • Library of Congress. "Andrew Jackson Papers", a digital archive that provides direct access to the manuscript images of many of the Jackson documents. online

Theses

See also

References

  1. ^ Parton, James (1860). Life of Andrew Jackson: In Three Volumes. I. Mason brothers. pp. vii.