That's quite a stretch to blame Rachel Jackson's death on the election.
I don't buy it!
http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=7
How do you think America might be different if the U.S. presidential election of 1828 had not occurred?
The first Democratic government would not be established and Jackson's wife, Rachel would not have died.
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The president himself felt that it was the stress of the campaign and all that was being accused led her to have chest pains and later die, not long after he was announced President
But what did the doctors say?