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Updated 2026-06-21

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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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 de…

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Andrew Jackson

said10 Jul 1832

It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes.

— Veto Mesage Regarding the Bank of the United States (10 July 1832).

Andrew Jackson

said8 Jul 1832

The bank, Mr. Van Buren, is trying to kill me, but I will kill it.

— Said to Martin Van Buren (8 July 1832) and quoted in The Autobiography of Martin Van Buren, published in Annual Report of the American

Andrew Jackson

said7 Apr 1832

The decision of the Supreme court has fell still born, and they find that it cannot coerce Georgia to yield to its mandate.

— Letter (7 April 1832) on the ruling in Worcester v. Georgia.

Andrew Jackson

said4 Mar 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.

— First Inaugural Address (4 March 1829).

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