Another development in the Age of Jackson was that the idea of political service as a sort of noblesse oblige, which was the way people like Washington and Jefferson tended to look at it, was gone. ... Thus it became a three-man race, and when Adams, the winner, named Henry Clay as Secretary of state, a post that seemed to lead straight to the presidency, having been held by every previous president except Washington and John Adams Jackson's people became suspicious. ... In addition to these tactics, the Jacksonians used slogans and symbols to promote their candidate; for example, they er...

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Government Spending & Budget As many Federal departments and agencies lurch into an era of running without funds, the leaders of both parties of Congress are spending less and less time searching for a compromise to balance the budget, and more and more time deciding how to use it to...

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