• Party Affiliation: Democratic-Republican Party
  
• Notable Positions: United States Secretary of State, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom, United States Ambassador to Russia, United States Ambassador to Prussia, United States Ambassador to the Netherlands, United States Senator from Massachusetts, United States Representative from Massachusetts
  
• Biography: John Quincy Adams is the son of former President John Adams, who trained his son to excel in the foreign service. At the age of ten, he accompanied his father to Paris, where he became fluent in French. Over the next seven years, John Quincy lived in Paris, Amsterdam, and St. Petersburg, and eventually attended the prestigious University of Leiden. After returning to the United States, he served as his father’s secretary, helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris, which ended the Revolutionary War, and graduated from Harvard. John Quincy has served every President since George Washington and most recently served James Monroe’s Secretary of State. He played a major role in articulating the Monroe Doctrine and negotiating the Adams-Onis Treaty.
  
• Platform: John Quincy Adams represents a fusion of Jeffersonian individualism and Federalist concern for national strength, a type of politician also embodied in men like DeWitt Clinton. Adams believes that the role of the federal government is to sponsor publics works projects and to improve the overall condition of society. He has advocated the construction of internal improvements, including roads, canals, harbors, and bridges, and has joined with Henry Clay to support the “American System,” which hopes to achieve a self-sufficient but regionally specialized economy. This plan has been criticized, both for its use of the military in non-martial purposes and because it would benefit some parts of the country more than others. Adams has not made any statements regarding the use of protective tariffs to ensure the economy’s survival and his state's delegation in Congress is divided over the issue. Jackson and his allies have implied that Adams only seeks to enrich New England’s merchant class at the rest of the country’s expense. In other affairs, Adams supports opening up trade with markets in Europe and South America and rapprochement with the British. He hopes to resolve ongoing trade disputes with the British West Indies and Canada. He adamantly opposes slavery, and many plantation owners fear that the President will use foreign ties to force the country into emancipation. Though he wishes to remove the Native Americans from the South, Adams believes that he has a duty to treaty the Indians as equals and to abide by existing treaties with them. He supports purchasing land from the tribes, not merely annexing them. Adams has often turned a blind eye to corruption and patronage to ensure the passage of his agenda.

• Party Affiliation: Democratic-Republican Party
  
• Notable Positions: Military Governor of Florida, United States Senator from Tennessee, United States Representative from Tennessee, General in the American Army
  
• Biography: Andrew Jackson is the first “self-made man” of the United States and the first Westerner with a real chance of winning the White House. Born in Waxhaw, South Carolina to Scotch-Irish immigrants, Jackson spent his early life fighting in the Revolutionary War and studying law. In 1788, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where he fell in love with Rachel Donelson Robards, who had been abandoned by her husband. A prosecutor, judge, congressman, and senator, Jackson distinguished himself within Tennessee as an advocate of the people. It was only in the Battle for New Orleans in 1814, however, that he became known nationally. Hoping to use the victory to support themselves, Madison and Monroe elevated the battle in almost mythic proportions. Consequently, Jackson has become a type of modern George Washington.
  
• Platform: Andrew Jackson’s candidacy rests on two pillars: his success during the War of 1812 and his vague demand for “reform.” Having witnessed first-hand the willingness of industrial businessmen and monied interests to exploit the poor, Andrew Jackson promises a crusade against the country's elites, beginning with the Bank of the United States. He has demanded an expansion of democracy and the elimination of undemocratic institutions, like the Electoral College. He has promised to eliminate patronage and the political machines that have popped up around the country. Jackson tepidly supports Clay’s proposed American System, which seeks to build a self-sufficient national economy, and is especially interested in using it to improve national transportation. He worries, however, about the program’s potential to be tyrannous and to disproportionately benefit the North. He supports mild tariffs as a way of supporting this system, despite its unpopularity in the South. Jackson is an avid proponent of slavery and national expansion. He views the native tribes to be a threat to American interests and has promised to bring them to heel if elected. He sees Mexico as ripe for American expansion.

• Party Affiliation: Democratic-Republican Party
  
• Notable Positions: United States Secretary of War, United States Representative from South Carolina
  
• Biography: John Caldwell Calhoun is one of the country’s leading politicians, theorists, and nationalists. Born in 1782 to a Scotch-Irish immigrant, Calhoun spent much of his early life working on his family’s farm in South Carolina and only managed to attend Yale College with his brothers’ financial support. Using the connections he made in Yale, Calhoun was able to achieve a seat in the United States House of Representatives, where he distinguished himself as a “war hawk” in favor of the War of 1812 and an aggressive proponent of Madison’s policies. For his passionate support, Calhoun was made Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs where he struggled to overcome opposition from Webster, Macon, and Randolph to raise taxes or institute a draft. Under Monroe, Calhoun served as the Secretary of War where he sought to establish an effective navy.
  
• Platform: Calhoun is an avid proponent of nationalism and modernization and is a leading backer of Clay's proposed American System. Hoping to transform the United States from an economic backwater into a self-sufficient hegemon, Calhoun has embraced the ideas of Alexander Hamilton. His ideas rest on three mutually reinforcing parts: a strong national bank to foster commerce, federal subsidies for roads, canals, and other internal improvements, and the institution of protective tariffs to protect and promote American industry. Though he recognizes the evils of slavery, Calhoun is the first man of any authority to argue that slavery is a net good, for its economic benefits, and has opposed any attempts to limit its expansion. He opposes a strong military, as he fears it will be used to entangle the United States abroad. Calhoun is also noted for advocating against the use of force on Native Americans. He hopes to set up a system of voluntary land exchange to ensure American expansion without violence. Calhoun loathes John Quincy Adams.

• Party Affiliation: Democratic-Republican Party
  
• Notable Positions: United States Secretary of the Treasury, United States Secretary of War, United States Ambassador to France, President pro tempore of the United States Senate,United States Senator from Georgia
  
• Biography: William Crawford is one of the most powerful men in the country and the leading figure of the Democratic-Republican Party’s congressional caucus. First elected in 1803, Crawford made his name opposing Alexander Hamilton’s financial plans and that of his successors. Uncertain of the War of 1812’s outcome, Crawford declined a position in Madison’s Cabinet as the Secretary of War and only accepted a seat as Secretary of the Treasury to support his personal financial position. From this position, he has built a robust coalition of allies both in Congress and across the federal government. Though many expected Crawford to be the presidential nominee in 1824, Crawford suffered a deliberating stroke in 1823 that has impaired him both physically and mentally. Though he insists that he is still capable, most of Crawford’s supporters have abandoned the ailing man for other candidates.
  
• Platform: Crawford’s political views are more defined by personal pragmaticism than ideological consistency. In 1807, Crawford opposed the Embargo Act of 1807, which made any and all exports from the United States illegal, but favored strong tariffs when they became popular amongst his constituency. Currently, Crawford supports federally funded internal improvements and the Bank of the United States, but speaks passionately about the need to limit the power of the Federal government. Crawford is a strong proponent of slavery and hopes to see it expanded. As the Congressional nominee of the Democratic-Republican Party, many think that Crawford would be the most successful of the candidates in getting his agenda passed. He has used his position as Secretary of the Treasury to support patronage and build a strong network of supporters.

• Party Affiliation: Democratic-Republican Party
  
• Notable Positions: Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, United States Senator from North Carolina, United States Representative from North Carolina
  
• Biography: Macon is known in private as the “Jefferson of North Carolina,” a humorless old man committed to restricting government in any form. The son of a wealthy North Carolina tobacco farmer, Macon first came to public prominence as a private in the Revolutionary War and as an eloquent public speaker against the Constitution. After serving in the North Carolina Senate, a position he detested, Macon was elevated to serve in the United States Senate where he remains one of the few remaining links to the old Antifederalist movement. Though he has never sought to serve in politics, Macon is extremely influential in North Carolina and the Old Republican movement. He owns a small plantation in Warren County and hopes to one day retire there as a modern day Cincinnatus.
  
• Platform: There are few men as consistently committed to small government and state’s rights as Macon. A vocal opponent of the Constitution, Macon has spent four decades in Congress to ensure the national government remains weak. He loathed Hamilton and has tried to end the Treasury. He opposed both conscription and stopped any efforts to raise taxes during the War of 1812, though he tepidly supported Madison’s Presidency. He has consistently opposed the types of internal improvements promoted by DeWitt Clinton, Henry Clay, and others. He has opposed the national government’s attempts to regulate slavery, and only voted in favor of the Missouri Compromise to prevent the North from enforcing an even worse compromise. He opposes tariffs, the United Supreme Court, and the expansion of national suffrage . In summary, Macon is a radically opposed to almost every policy and innovation. His friends in Congress say that “negation [is] his wand and arm.”

• Party Affiliation: Democratic-Republican Party
  
• Notable Positions: Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, United States Representative from Kentucky, United States Senator from Kentucky, President of the American Colonization Society
  
• Biography: Henry Clay is one of the most influential men in the country and the leading figure of the post-Macon United States Congress. Born in Hanover County, Virginia, Clay unexpectedly joined the planter class at age four when his father died, leaving him and his brother with two slaves each. Using his family’s connections, Clay became friends with George Wythe, who was a mentor to Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall, and many other prominent Virginians, and was eventually admitted to the bar. Known for his oratory and legal skills, Clay was admitted to the United States Senate despite being under the constitutionally required age of thirty. Clay’s spport for the War of 1812 allowed him to accelerate his career and achieve the Speakership. Under Clay, the position has evolved from a mere parliamentarian to one of political power second only to the President.
  
• Platform: Henry Clay is a supporter of the American System, which is rooted in the ideas of Alexander Hamilton. Believing in the necessity of tariffs to fight off British economic imperialism, Clay has reluctantly supported internal improvements to infrastructure and the sale of public land in the Western states. He also supports a national bank to stabilize currency and regulate the national economy. In foreign policy, Clay is known as a jingoist and has frequently called the country to assist in revolutions abroad. He was a key figure in supporting the War of 1812, an early supporter of the independence movements in Latin America, and has recently taken on the cause of Greek independence from the Ottoman Empire. Though he strongly supports slavery, and rarely goes anywhere without one or two slaves accompanying him at all times, Clay reluctantly supported the Missouri Compromise as a way of ensuring national unity. He has recently become President of the American Colonization Society and hopes to deport freed blacks who may threaten the planter class. Clay is also noted for his sympathy for the native tribes. Though he believes that the Native Americans are lower lifeforms who can never be assimilated into the American nation, he believes that their right to land should be respected.

• Party Affiliation: Democratic-Republican Party
  
• Notable Positions: Chancellor of New York, United States Senator from New York, Speaker in the New York State Assembly, New York State Assemblyman, New York State Senator, United States Attorney for the District of New York
  
• Biography: Nathan Sanford is a prominent legal mind from New York City. An alumnus of Yale University, Sanford was first appointed by President Thomas Jefferson to serve as a U.S. Bankruptcy Commissioner. From his administrative successes there, Sanford was able to elevate himself to a position as U.S. Attorney for the District of New York. For his tough stances on crime, Sanford was elected to the New York Assembly and later was elected to the United States Senate. However, his close relationship with DeWitt Clinton led Sanford to be replaced by the up-and-coming politician, Martin Van Buren.
  
• Platform: Nathan Sanford is a Democratic-Republican in the mold of DeWitt Clinton, believing that the Jeffersonian principles of personal liberty and states rights need to be tempered by a strong national economy. He is a strong supporter of the American System and has pointed to the successes of the Erie Canal to support it. He is ambivalent over the accusations of corruption and patronage that Jacksonians have used. He has made no statements on slavery, but believes in the need to expand suffrage. In 1821, Sanford introduced an amendment to the New York Constitution which would have abolished property ownership as a qualification for voting

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