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.
Andrew Johnson. Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808 â July 31, 1875) was the 17th President of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869. Johnson became president as he was vice president at the time of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. A Democrat who ran with Lincoln on the National Union ticket, Johnson came to office as the Civil War concluded.