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Andrew Jackson and the Protestant Irish of Philadelphia: Early Nineteenth-Century Sectarianism
Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies
(2020)
Abstract
abstract: Andrew Jackson has long been represented as the archetype of
Scots Irish immigrants. However, by the election of 1832, Ulster Presbyterians in
Philadelphia, once champions of Jacksonianism, turned against the president and his
politics. Catholic Irish immigrants also began to flock to the United States around
this time. In Philadelphia Andrew Jackson became the focal point of Irish sectarian
differences, some of which became violent. The Irish community became divided
over religion and Jacksonian political culture. Ironically, Jackson, whom some
historians have identified as the archetype of the Ulster Presbyterians in America,
appealed to Irish Catholics but helped spur Irish Protestants into his opponents camps.
Keywords
- Andrew Jackson,
- Scots Irish,
- Irish immigration,
- nineteenth century America,
- Irish America
Disciplines
Publication Date
Spring 2020
Citation Information
Bryan P. McGovern. "Andrew Jackson and the Protestant Irish of Philadelphia: Early Nineteenth-Century Sectarianism" Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies Vol. 87 Iss. 2 (2020) p. 313 - 337 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/bryan-mcgovern/10/