Robert V. Remini
Robert Vincent Remini (July 17, 1921 – March 28, 2013) was an American
historian and a
professor emeritus at the
University of Illinois at Chicago. He wrote numerous books about President
Andrew Jackson and the
Jacksonian era, most notably a three-volume biography of Jackson. For the third volume of ''Andrew Jackson'', subtitled ''The Course of American Democracy, 1833-1845'', he won the 1984 U.S.
National Book Award for Nonfiction. Remini was widely praised for his meticulous research on Jackson and thorough knowledge of him. His books portrayed Jackson in a mostly favorable light and he was sometimes criticized for being too partial towards his subject.
Remini also wrote biographies of other early 19th century Americans, namely
Martin Van Buren,
Henry Clay,
Daniel Webster,
John Quincy Adams, and
Joseph Smith. He served as
Historian of the United States House of Representatives from 2005 until 2010 and wrote a history of the House, which was published in 2006.
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