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The Birth of Modern Politics: Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, and the Election of 1828 (Pivotal Moments in American History) (1st Edition) by Lynn Hudson Parsons Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 2009 ISBN-10: 0-19-531287-2 / 0195312872 ISBN-13: 978-0-19-531287-4 / 9780195312874 The 1828 presidential election, which pitted Major General Andrew Jackson against incumbent John Quincy Adams, has long been hailed as a watershed moment in American political history. It was the contest in which an unlettered, hot-tempered southwesetern frontiersman, trumpeted by his supporters as |