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Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was an American lawyer, planter, general, and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Before his presidency, he gained fame as a general in the U.S. Army and served in both houses of the U.S. Congress.
- Who Was Andrew Jackson?
- Early Life
- Orphaned at Age 14
- Military Career, The War of 1812
- Nickname 'Old Hickory'
- Adams-Onis Treaty
- Senator Andrew Jackson
- Presidency
- New Political Party
- Jackson's Veto Power
A lawyer and a landowner, Andrew Jackson became a national war hero after defeating the British in the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812. Jackson was elected the seventh president of the United States in 1828. Known as the "people's president," Jackson destroyed the Second Bank of the United States, founded the Democratic Party, supporte...
Jackson was born on March 15, 1767, to Andrew and Elizabeth Hutchinson Jackson, Scots-Irish colonists who emigrated from Ireland in 1765. Though Jackson’s birthplace is presumed to have been at one of his uncles' houses in the remote Waxhaws region that straddles North Carolina and South Carolina, the exact location is unknown since the precise bor...
A few days after the British authorities released the brothers in a prisoner exchange arranged by their mother, Robert died. Not long after his brother's death, Jackson's mother died of cholera contracted while she nursed sick and injured soldiers. At the age of 14, Jackson was orphaned, and the deaths of his family members during the Revolutionary...
Although he lacked military experience, Jackson was appointed a major general of the Tennessee militia in 1802. During the War of 1812, he led U.S. troops on a five-month campaign against the British-allied Creek Indians, who had massacred hundreds of settlers at Fort Mims in present-day Alabama. The campaign culminated with Jackson’s victory at th...
Dubbed a national hero, Jackson received the thanks of Congress and a gold medal. He was also popular among his troops, who said that Jackson was "as tough as old hickory wood" on the battlefield, earning Jackson the nickname "Old Hickory." Given command of the Army’s southern division, Jackson was ordered back into service during the First Seminol...
His actions drew a strong diplomatic rebuke from Spain, and many in Congress and in the cabinet of President James Monroe called for his censure, but Secretary of State John Quincy Adams came to Jackson’s defense. Spain ceded Florida to the United States under the 1819 Adams-Onis Treaty, and Jackson held the post of Florida's military governor for ...
Jackson’s military exploits made him a rising political star, and in 1822 the Tennessee Legislature nominated him for the presidency of the United States. To boost his credentials, Jackson ran for and won election to the U.S. Senate the following year. In 1824, state factions rallied around “Old Hickory,” and a Pennsylvania convention nominated him...
After a bruising campaign, Jackson — with South Carolina’s John C. Calhoun as his vice-presidential running mate — won the presidential election of 1828 by a landslide over Adams. With his election, Jackson became the first frontier president and the first chief executive who resided outside of either Massachusetts or Virginia. Jackson was the firs...
The negative reaction to the House's decision resulted in Jackson's re-nomination for the presidency in 1825, three years before the next election. It also split the Democratic-Republican Party in two. The grassroots supporters of “Old Hickory” called themselves Democrats and would eventually form the Democratic Party. Jackson's opponents nicknamed...
After becoming president, Jackson did not submit to Congress in policy-making and was the first president to assume command with his vetopower. While prior presidents rejected only bills they believed unconstitutional, Jackson set a new precedent by wielding the veto pen as a matter of policy. Still upset at the results of the 1824 election, he bel...
29 de oct. de 2009 · Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) was the nation's seventh president (1829-1837) and became America’s most influential–and polarizing–political figure during the 1820s and 1830s.
Andrew Jackson (región de las Waxhaws, frontera entre Carolina del Norte y Carolina del Sur, 15 de marzo de 1767-Nashville, Tennessee; 8 de junio de 1845) fue un abogado, general y estadista estadounidense que se desempeñó como el séptimo presidente de los Estados Unidos desde 1829 hasta 1837.
- Old Hickory
- Martin Van Buren
Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States from 1829 to 1837, seeking to act as the direct representative of the common man. More nearly than any of his predecessors,...
Andrew Jackson. Séptimo presidente de los Estados Unidos de América (Waxhaw, Carolina del Sur, 1767 - Nashville, Tennessee, 1845). Este hijo de inmigrantes irlandeses combatió muy joven en la Guerra de Independencia de los Estados Unidos, en la que perdió a toda su familia. Tras llevar una vida juvenil desordenada, en la que ejerció los ...
Andrew Jackson was the first president from west of the Appalachian Mountains. He was the beneficiary and purported leader of a significant political movement later called “ Jacksonian Democracy” to denote the change from gentry control of American politics to broader popular participation.
