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__**Pre Inauguration:**__

The campaign of 1828 was one for the ages. The two candidates, John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson, had little difference between what they wanted to do with our country. It became obvious that the race would be a personality contest and that Jackson had the clear lead. Faced with this reality, the Adams camp injected scandal into their campaign. Adams's supporters hurled charges of bigamy and adultery against Jackson and his wife Rachael who had been previously married. Jackson’s supporters retaliated with charges of adultery against Adams and his wife. The campaign descended into a mud-slinging contest. Rachael Jackson recoiled at the allegations. Many thought the slanderous attack hastened her death just before Christmas. Jackson won the election, but his wife’s death threw him into mourning. Jackson was America's first "Frontier President" – the first president who did not come from the nation’s east-coast elite.


 * __The Inauguration:__**

On the day of Andrew Jackson's inauguration there were thousands of people that lined up outside the White house to see this event take place.

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 * (my last sentence)**His victory was seen as a triumph for the common man and for democracy. The celebration of his inauguration was an opportunity for America’s ordinary citizen to rejoice.