Andrew Jackson

President of the United States from 1829 to 1837 · United States · Politicians · Lived 1767 to 1845 · aged 78

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The seventh president dismantled the national bank, paid off the country's debt, and signed the law that forced tens of thousands of Native Americans from their land - killing thousands along the Trail of Tears.

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1845Died8 June 18451832“It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes.”In their words10 July 1832Veto Mesage Regarding the Bank of the United States (10 July 1832).Read the whole statement

“The decision of the Supreme court has fell still born, and they find that it cannot coerce Georgia to yield to its mandate.”In their words7 April 1832Letter (7 April 1832) on the ruling in Worcester v. Georgia.Read the whole statement

1829“Internal improvement and the diffusion of knowledge, so far as they can be promoted by the constitutional acts of the Federal Government, are of high importance.”In their words4 March 1829First Inaugural Address (4 March 1829).Read the whole statement

President of the United StatesOffice1829-18371828President-elect of the United StatesOffice1828-18291823United States senatorOffice1823-18251822Grand MasterOffice1822-18231815“The brave man inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country, than the coward who deserts her in the hour of danger.”In their words8 January 1815To troops who had abandoned their lines during the Battle of New Orleans (8 January 1815).Read the whole statement

1814“They must be either for or against us.”In their wordsIn New Orleans, Louisiana, 1814. As quoted in The Life of Andrew Jackson (1967), by John Spencer Bassett, Archon Books. p. 156-157.Read the whole statement

“The individual who refuses to defend his rights when called by his Government, deserves to be a slave, and must be punished as an enemy of his country and friend to her foe.”In their words21 September 1814"Proclamation to the people of Louisiana" from Mobile (21 September 1814).Read the whole statement

1797United States senatorOffice1797-17981796United States representativeOffice1796-17971767Born15 March 1767

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The Brave Boy of the Waxhaws, an 1876 Currier and Ives lithograph depicting the story of a young Andrew Jackson defending himself from a British officer during the American Revolutionary War

An 1846 wood engraving by William Croome depicting Jackson's marriage to Rachel Donelson in the 1847 Pictorial History of Andrew Jackson by John Frost

Tennessee c. 1810. The eastern counties shaded in blue, the Mero District in green, and Native American lands in red. The Natchez Trace from its northern terminus to Chickasaw Crossing where it leaves the state is shaded in gray.

One of the original slave quarters at the Hermitage

An 1834 woodcut depicting Jackson's duel with Charles Dickinson from the satirical Major Jack Downing's Life of Andrew Jackson.[65] Downing was a fictional character created by Seba Smith to parody Jackson.[66]

In their own words 10

Andrew Jackson

10 statements, newest first

It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes.
Jul 10, 1832, Veto Mesage Regarding the Bank of the United States (10 July 1832)., Own words
The bank, Mr. Van Buren, is trying to kill me, but I will kill it.
Jul 8, 1832, Said to Martin Van Buren (8 July 1832) and quoted in The Autobiography of Martin Van Buren, published in Annual Report of the American, Own words
The decision of the Supreme court has fell still born, and they find that it cannot coerce Georgia to yield to its mandate.
Apr 7, 1832, Letter (7 April 1832) on the ruling in Worcester v. Georgia., Own words

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Awards

Congressional Gold Medal

Family

Mother Elizabeth Hutchinson

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Spouse Rachel Jackson

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Born in the colonial Carolinas in 1767, Jackson became a frontier lawyer in Tennessee, then a planter who enslaved hundreds. He built his reputation as a militia commander during the Creek War of 1813-1814, seizing vast indigenous territories, then became a national hero after his 1815 victory at the Battle of New Orleans against the British. He lost the 1824 presidential race in the House despite winning the popular vote, but swept back in 1828. As president from 1829 to 1837, he signed the Indian Removal Act in 1830 - an ethnic cleansing that displaced tens of thousands and left thousands dead on forced marches. He crushed South Carolina's attempt to nullify federal tariffs, killed the Second Bank of the United States, and in 1835 became the only president to eliminate the national debt. He died in 1845, his stock high for a century before it began to fall.

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United States

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