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Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson, de nacimiento Rachel Donelson (15 de junio de 1767 – 22 de diciembre de 1828) fue la esposa del séptimo presidente estadounidense, Andrew Jackson. Nació en el actual Condado de Halifax, Virginia. Rachel era hija del coronel John Donelson, un hidrógrafo
19 de abr. de 2024 · Rachel Jackson (born June 15, 1767, near Pittsylvania county, Virginia [U.S.]—died December 22, 1828, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.) was the wife of U.S. Army general and president-elect Andrew Jackson, who became the seventh president of the United States (1829–37).
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Rachel Jackson (1767-1828) was the wife of U.S. Army general and President-elect Andrew Jackson, who became the seventh president of the United States (182937). She died less than three months before his inauguration.
Rachel Donelson was born circa June 15, 1767, in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, to Rachel Stockley and Colonel John Donelson. Raised on a rural plantation, she received no formal education but learned to read and write, along with other useful skills such as horseback riding and household management. When she was 12, her father led an excursion of ...
Rachel married Harrodsburg land owner and speculator Lewis Robards in March 1785, but their marriage was marred by his abusive behavior. She returned to Nashville during a period of separation, where Andrew Jackson was renting a room in her mothers house. Rachel and Jackson soon took up residence in Natchez, Mississippi, and with both believing tha...
Scarred by the negative publicity surrounding her divorce, Rachel retreated from her social circles to become a quietly devoted family woman during her second marriage. She and Jackson adopted one of her brothers sons and became legal guardians to several others, and with the future U.S. president frequently away on business, she managed their larg...
Picking up on the animosity from the 1824 presidential race between Jackson and the victorious John Quincy Adams, the 1828 rematch was notable as the first in which a candidates wife was treated as fair game by opponents. Unfavorably compared to the sophisticated Louisa Adams, Rachel was derided for her provincial mindset and her weight. Worse, the...
Rachel noted she would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of God than live in that palace in Washington following her husbands electoral victory, a wish that turned out to be eerily prescient. With a preexisting heart condition aggravated by the malicious campaign attacks, the would-be first lady succumbed to a heart attack on December 22. She was...
Rachel Jackson (née Donelson; June 15, 1767 – December 22, 1828) was the wife of Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States.
4 de abr. de 2023 · Rachel Jackson le dijo a sus amigos que saldría a tomar aire por 10 minutos y la policía de Preston,Inglaterra la encontró sin vida.
15 de jun. de 2017 · Rachel Jackson ran away from her husband and got divorced to marry Andrew, an incident that haunted her for life
Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson was married to Andrew Jackson. When she died before his inauguration as President in 1829, the duties of First Lady fell to her niece, Emily Donelson.
