Both men took aggressive approaches during their presidency. Some of the similarities that stood out are:
1. When Jackson failed to purchase Texas, he covertly supported their independence from Mexico. He reinterpreted the eastern border of Texas farther west - the Neches River rather than the treaty established border of the Sabine River - enabling him to place troops in Mexican territory. He secretly tapped Sam Houston as his agent in Texas. Houston would later lead the Texans to independence.
Roosevelt failed to gain rights to a potential canal zone in Panama when Colombia rejected the Hay-Herran Treaty of 1903. Roosevelt promised Panamanian separatist leaders that he would recognize Panama's independence in exchange for the canal. After Panama declared independence, an American cruiser deployed Marines to neutralize the Colombians. Within forty-eight hours Roosevelt recognized Panama.
2. Jackson vetoed a charter renewal of the Second Bank of the United States, claiming the bank was unconstitutional and concentrated too much power to a few men. He further removed government deposits from the bank and issued his Specie Circular prohibiting the use of bank notes (paper currency) for most transactions.
Roosevelt, too, was concerned about too much economic power concentrated in a few hands. He believed it was the federal government's duty to protect the public from price fixing and market manipulation by the trusts. In 1904, Roosevelt accomplished the breakup of J.P. Morgan's railroad combine, the Northern Securities Company. In seeking to regulate other trusts, Roosevelt wanted to destroy their evils, not their prosperity. - Suite.io
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