- Born
- Died
- Nicknames
- Old Hickory
- The Farmer of Tennessee
- King Andrew the First
- Height6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
- Andrew Jackson was an American lawyer, general, and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Before being elected to the presidency, Jackson gained fame as a general in the United States Army and served in both houses of the U.S. Congress. An expansionist president, Jackson sought to advance the rights of the "common man" against a "corrupt aristocracy" and to preserve the Union.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Bonitao
- After attending the local school, Andrew served in the army at just 13 years old as a result of the outbreak of the American Revolution. He was taken prisoner by the British and was the only member of his family to survive the Revolutionary War. After some odd jobs, Jackson moved to Salisbury (North Carolina) in 1784, where he began training as a lawyer. He eventually settled as a lawyer in Nashville (Tennessee), where he also acquired considerable property and worked as a land speculator. In 1796, Jackson was elected to the US House of Representatives for the state of Tennessee. The following year he declined a nomination to the US Senate to take up a judgeship on the Tennessee Supreme Court, which he held until 1804.
As a result, he withdrew to his country estate to devote himself to the farm and other businesses. He began his military career as a major general in the Tennessee militia in 1812 when war broke out. In 1814 he shone with a victory over the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horsehoe Bend, which earned him the nickname "Old Hickory" because of his bravery. In 1815 he gained further military fame by defending New Orleans against the British, and in 1817 and 1818 by military actions against Spanish Florida. After Jackson's first presidential candidacy failed in 1824, he was elected American president for the first time in 1828. The Democratic Party emerged from the coalition of political forces that supported him, including future President Martin Van Buren. Jackson represented the agrarian interests of the West and, as the leader of a democratic-liberal movement, developed the so-called "Jacksonian democracy".
He used the central authority of the US administration to counter the special consciousness of the southern states. In 1832, Jackson was re-elected as US President. The destruction of the US National Bank, which he promoted, triggered the financial crisis of 1837. He pursued a harsh policy of forced relocation towards the Indians, for which he had reservations set up. In foreign policy, Jackson achieved some diplomatic success through his strong leadership style. This enabled him to open trade relations with Turkey, China and Siam. He also managed to resume trade with the British West Indies. However, in the dispute with France over compensation for Napoleon's wartime destruction, he almost provoked a war.
Jackson was replaced in the presidency by Martin Van Buren at the end of his second term in 1837. He retired to his farm, from where he continued to get involved in American politics.
Andrew Jackson died on June 8, 1845 at his estate "The Hermitage" in Tennessee.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Christian_Wolfgang_Barth
- SpouseRachel Donelson(January 17, 1794 - December 22, 1828) (her death)
- The first president to have an assassination attempt on his life.
- His opponents once called him a "jackass" so he adopted that animal as the mascot of the Democratic party.
- He very nearly beat his attempted killer to death with his cane. The only reason he didn't is he was restrained from doing so.
- The only president to leave office with a surplus of money in the federal government.
- His parents were immigrants from Belfast, Northern Ireland. Scholars have found Jackson to be the only U.S. President (so far) to have both foreign-born parents.
- I know what I am fit for. I can command a body of men in a rough way; but I am not fit to be President.
- I have always been afraid of banks.
- Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.
- Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and its conscious that he gains protection while he gives it.
- It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.
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