condescending. 1  1 : to stoop to the level of someone considered less important These two great commanders did not condescend to fight in person â¦ â Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer. 2  2 : to grant favors with a show of being better than others She only condescended to speak to me because she needed something.
Jackson was renominated to run for President in 1825, three years before the next election. John C. Calhoun was his Vice President. The party became known as the Democrats at this time. He ran against incumbent John Quincy Adams of the National Republican Party.
In 1819 John Quincy Adams completed the purchase of Florida, and in 1820, Jackson was appointed Governor. In 1823, he was elected Senator from Tennessee, and in 1824 the Tennessee legislature nominated Andrew Jackson for President. Although Jackson received the most votes, he lost the election. Because no candidate had received a majority of the votes, the contest was decided in the House of Representatives.