I don’t really understand the love for Lincoln. Yeah yeah fred the slaves but at the expense of destroying states rights and have us the civil war. Don’t really understand most conservatives hate for Jackson except they cannot see past the D
Jackson dramatically increased the size, proportionally, of government; increased the executive power at every opportunity; ignored the US Supreme Court; hated the Indians and disregarded the Court to harm them; wanted (yes, wanted) a central banking system allied with HIS party (no, he didn’t hate banks in general, only Whig banks).
All I can say for Jackson is that through no efforts of his own, he eliminated the national debt and that he loved America.
Lincoln took on the greatest issue of the 19th century when no one else would. Period. Even though it involved federal power, he oversaw beginning of the transcontinental RR system; completed Jefferson’s goal of giving land to as many citizens as possible through Homestead; set up ag & engineering schools to help those farmers; ensured the Ds would be a minority in the West & midwest for half a century.
Great, great president.