James: The Dark Horse

Also, in 1812 President James Madison is reelected. In 1815, the British, totally clueless that the War of 1812 is over, attacked General Andrew Jackson and lost over two thousand soldiers. General Andrew Jackson was considered a hero. In 1817 James Monroe became our fifth President of the United States.

Jefferson did not present his candidacy for a third presidential period, but he helped elect the Democratic-Republican candidate from Virginia, James Madison, as president in 1808. Madison was the 4th president who also presided for two periods, from 1809 to 1817. During these years he had to confront serious problems. The worst of them was the continuous confrontations with Great Britain. Neither English nor French were in disposition to cede to American petitions. The United States wanted to have control over fur trade and other riches. Finally, President Madison had to hear many petitions and asked congress to declare war on Great Britain. Congress accepted and the War of 1812 began.

In the Election of 1824, Jackson ran for president and won the popular vote, however he did not win the majority vote in the electoral college. Therefore, the House of Representatives would be left to decide who would be the next president. John Quincy Adams was running against Jackson. Adams wrote a letter to Henry Clay, a representative, saying that if Clay could convince the House to vote for him, he would give Henry Clay the job of Secretary of State.

In 1828, otherwise known as “The Age of Jackson”, America was a country on its way to the West. America’s revolutionary generation was quickly fading, making room for a new balance of political power. As the class systems were breaking down, the “common man” was better able to cast his vote for the new President. Jackson was glorified by his impressive war accomplishments and humble background of the frontier. This made him the main target for presidency in election 1824. Once coming to power, Jackson no longer portrayed humble beginnings, but became a conundrum to the people he was leading by removing indians from their homeland and forcing them West. His use of power can be debated based on the state of the country thereafter. Although Andrew Jackson was dubbed “The People 's President”, his time in office reflected a very different outcome.

James Monroe was elected the fifth president of the United States. When he decided to run for president, he ran on the side of a Republican. Monroe was elected ran twice and had a great challenge with those who ran against him. However, in the year of 1820 Monroe party had a great turn. Monroe’s party won

Andrew Jackson’s path to presidency was unique. In the election of 1824, there were four main candidates, John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, William H. Crawford, and Andrew Jackson. Jackson gained the most popular votes of the four Democratic-Republican candidates, but not the majority of electoral votes to win the election. Henry Clay, who was eliminated from the election, held a decisive position as the speaker of the House of Representatives. Clay was in a position to throw the election to the candidate of his choice. Clay threw his support behind Adams since he had led some of the strongest attacks against Jackson. Rather than the nation’s presidency go to a man he abhorred, Clay secured the White House for Adams. In return Adams named

Andrew Jackson and Henry Clay came from very similar backgrounds, yet they considered each other total opposites in regard to politics and morals. Both men became the leaders of two political parties: The Democrats, headed by Jackson, and the Whigs, headed by Clay. The main topics of debate between Jackson, Clay and their respective parties focused their arguments on the core principals of Clay’s American system, which were subsidies for internal improvements, protective tariffs and most importantly, the National Bank. The two men also had different ways of handling the Nullification Crisis. The debates of these two men impacted the still young nation by bringing up the struggles between democracy and development.

After serving as the commander of the U.S forces for some lengthy time, Jackson focused his attention into being the American president. Jackson came into the limelight of the American politics when he first took part in president election in the year 1824. Unfortunately, despite Jackson receiving popular vote, he was floored on the basis of the majority vote. John Quincy Adams became the president in that year following the election decision by the House of Representatives. Jackson never quit his quest for presidency, but went on with efforts to add value to his name that could later give him a perfect ground of landing his dream. John’s presidency was marred with a lot of controversies,

James Knox Polk was voted into presidency in 1845. Amy S. Greenberg’s book, A Wicked War:

The election was between James Madison, a Democratic-Republican running for his second term, and Dewitt Clinton, a Federalist. Madison had won the election of 1808 by a landslide, but his support had weakened some during his presidency. Just before being nominated a second time for the election of 1812, President Madison had declared war. His supporters and party wanted to drive the British from Canada and rid West Florida of the Spanish. This war would later become known as the War of 1812. Clinton and the Federalist did not support this war and tried to use this against Madison during the election. They attacked Madison for entering the war to begin with, but at the same time, they also criticized him for not putting much emphasis or energy into the war. They were saying he entered a war unnecessarily, and then fought a very weak war. However, Madison won the election of 1812, showing that the Federalist’s support throughout the United States was dwindling greatly. Madison would become the first wartime

Henry Clay was a Whig and the Jacksonians were Democratic-Republicans. The Whig party was created to be anti-Jackson, so the two dueling parties were bitter enemies. The Whig party was increasing in popularity and support for Clay became apparent in the 1832 election between Clay and Jackson (Document F). The Whigs greatly supported the bank’s recharter in 1836, while Jackson was against the bank. Jackson liked small pet banks throughout the states because each state could then have control over their own finances.

After becoming a national hero, Andrew Jackson wanted to further his career in politics. Jackson had held office in the government before, but not for any significant time period. Jackson decided to run for president against John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, and William Crawford in 1824, but he lost. However, he did receive the most electoral and popular votes and when this happens, the vote goes to the House of Representatives. Henry

In 1828, there was a controversial election between two prominent American figures, Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams. Chapter 1, Page 3

With Sarah by his side he had many campaign victories. Being a supporter of Andrew Jackson’s democratic policies at age twenty-nine he was elected to the U.S. Congress. From 1825-39 James was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and was serving as its speaker (Evisum Inc). After serving as speaker he became Governor of Tennessee in 1839-1841. In 1844 Democrats were having a difficult time getting 2/3 of the vote to nominate a presidential candidate, Polk who was running for the position of vice president, became nominated for the presidential candidate (Kelly). The focus on the campaign was to annex Texas which Polk was for the idea versus Clay who opposed the idea. Clay opposing the idea led Polk to victory.

To begin, I would approach the feedback session with James by first establishing a mutual identification of the problem. The problem identification should be fairly easy to establish as gaps within the performance evaluation create conflicts of appraisal. These conflicts are derived mainly from the both the qualitative and quantitative factors prevailing in the appraisal. For one, the appraisal does not take into account the difficulty embedded in managing the most profitable branch in Los Angeles. These difficulties are apparent within the overall customer satisfaction scored, providing a detriment to the overall performance appraisal. Both parties, before beginning the formal appraisal must first understand the nature of the problem embedded within the appraisal itself. In particular, I would reference back to the over performance in regards to many of the quantitative metrics such as profit and margin. This metrics, by virtue of managing the most profitable branch in Los Angeles, have greatly exceeding expectations. I would also be sure to reference James' prior track record of over performance relative to his management peers. After this acknowledgment, I would then attempt to come to a mutual agreement regarding the nature of the appraisal and the problems entrenched within the overall process. By redefining the problem as a shared and collaborative effort, both parties involved can come to a mutually beneficial solution.