Other forms: Jacksonians
A Jacksonian is a scholar or a political follower of the seventh US president, Andrew Jackson. Jacksonian is also an adjective that describes a practice or idea that's influenced by Jackson's policies and government.
The word Jacksonian comes up most often in discussions of politics. A Jacksonian politician is one who supports a truly representative democracy that gives everyone a voice, not just well-educated elites. Before Andrew Jackson's election in 1829, some states still required citizens to own a certain amount of property in order to vote. Other Jacksonian policies included westward expansion and the forced removal of Native people, but the adjective Jacksonian is most commonly associated with democracy.