More than any other President, Andrew Jackson hated debt. So much so, that he put his efforts into paying off the Federal debt. When he took office it was $58 million, and 6 years later it was all paid off. To get there, Jackson blocked every spending bill an vetoed programs like the one to build national highways.
In his, 1835 Andrew Jackson told congress that "the condition of the public finances was never more flattering than at the present period". How often can a president say that? Here is the full excerpt from Jackson's State of the Union Address that year.
"The condition of the public finances was never more flattering than at the present period.
Since my last annual communication all the remains of the public debt have been redeemed, or money has been placed in deposit for this purpose when ever the creditors choose to receive it. All the other pecuniary engagements of the Government have been honorably and promptly fulfilled, and there will be a balance in the Treasury at the close of the year of about $19,000,000. It is believed that after meeting all outstanding and unexpended appropriations there will remain near $11,000,000 to be applied to any new objects which Congress may designate or to the more rapid execution of the works already in progress. In aid of these objects, and to satisfy the current expenditures of the ensuing year, it is estimated that there will be received from various sources $20,000,000 more in 1836"
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