What were Thomas Jefferson's personal views of Andrew Jackson?

Question

I read somewhere that Jefferson thought Jackson was unfit for the presidency. Is this true? I can't find the quote now.

I just read an article on Wikipedia about how Jackson took his ideas from Jefferson, but that doesn't fit within the context of my memory for Jefferson's view

Thanks for your help!

Found the quote in case you're interested:

""I feel much alarmed at the prospect of seeing General Jackson President. He is one of the most unfit men I know of for such a place. He has had very little respect for laws or constitutions, and is, in fact, an able military chief. His passions are terrible. When I was President of the Senate he was a Senator; and he could never speak on account of the rashness of his feelings. I have seen him attempt it repeatedly, and as often choke with rage. His passions are no doubt cooler now; he has been much tried since I knew him, but he is a dangerous man."

Answer 1

Jefferson was right. Jackson practised law but he had little respect for the Constitution. When Cherokee Indians sued the US government over the loss of their lands, the Supreme Court ruled in their favor. Jackson said, "Let them enforce the ruling." Because of this cavalier attitude, the Cherokee suffered terribly. This was especially rotten - the Cherokee admired European culture in many ways and adopted a written language (which they had to invent for themselves), lived in towns like white people, and adopted town government like white people. It wasn't good enough. Jackson was angry and violent. He wasn't totally inhuman - early in his military career he wiped out an Indian settlement, but took pity on an Indian toddler who survived the fight, and adopted him as a son.

Answer 2

Here is a quote "Most of the contingencies that the electoral college was supposed to avert had come to pass by the 1820s. Not only had political parties come into being, but the legislature effectively usurped the power to choose the chief executive as Federalists and Democratic Republicans nominated their presidential and vice presidential candidates in party caucuses composed of congressmen and Senators. The identification of various electoral slates with specific candidates logically followed, and the electorate was invited to judge for itself the qualifications of the various presidential candidates. The final blow was the selection of Andrew Jackson, the barely literate, backwoods Indian fighter whom Jefferson regarded as wholly unfit for office. " from http://www.h-net.org/~pol/ssha/netnews/f96/reynolds.htm
I am more skeptical. The two men had opposing views on many subjects including Aaron Burr but rarely bickered publicly in several years of association.
There was a great deal of misinformation in the campaign of 1828 against Jackson. I would like to see a verified quote or other smoking gun before coming to this conclusion.
over several years

I still do not buy your quote. It was from Daniel Webster, a New Englander greatly opposed to Jackson. Historian Sean Wilentz described Webster's account of the meeting as "not wholly reliable.

Answer 3

Thomas Jefferson may have been right, but he is still a hypocrite. He didn't care about people much more than Jackson did, and he would do whatever it took to be president. He is the "quintessential american douche"

Why he's a hypocrite:
Against slavery, but too greedy to free his slaves, and had lots of kids with sally hemmings, his slave, and it has been proven by dna testing. Said that Hamilton was a dishonest, but Hamilton was a hell of a lot more honest and hard working than him (Hamilton actually worked for a living, and was a lawyer that didn't charge poor people more than they could afford)
Why he's a douche:
Because he's a hypocrite

He's not much better than Jackson, and if anything, Jackson is better than him.