andrew jackson

Anrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was the seventh President of the United States (1829–1837). He was military governor of Florida (1821), commander of the American forces at the Battle of New Orleans (1815), and the eponym of the era of Jacksonian democracy. He was a polarizing figure who dominated American politics in the 1820s and 1830s. His political ambition combined with the masses of people shaped the modern Democratic Party. Renowned for his toughness, he was nicknamed "Old Hickory." As he based his career in Tennessee, Jackson was the first President primarily associated with the frontier.

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The exterior of the governor's mansion in Florida is modeled after the home of this president
Captured as a 14-year-old soldier in 1781, he was the only president who had ever been a prisoner of war
This president was nicknamed the "Sage Of The Hermitage"
He was the first president born in a log cabin
Clark Mills' statue of this U.S. president stands in the heart of New Orleans' French Quarter
Visitors can go rollin' on the river aboard a showboat named for this general & 7th president
The scene for prohibition is set with the 1829 inauguration party for this president; it moved outside due to drunken revelry
He was one of the first 7 presidents of the U.S.(picture on $20 bill)
Zachary Taylor,Woodrow Wilson,Andrew Jackson
This president's enemies called him "King Andrew I", but he's better-known as "Old Hickory"
From 1798 to 1804 this seventh president served as a judge on Tennessee's Superior Court
He didn't officially meet with his cabinet for the first 2 years of his term, preferring his "Kitchen Cabinet"
He commanded members of 3 state militias & some pirates to victory at the Battle of New Orleans
After his wife Rachel died, his niece took over her duties; after she died, a daughter-in-law was summoned
John refused to attend the presidential inauguration of this man, his successor
He won the popular vote but lost the election of 1824
Hey, 20 bucks says that you know this president's father was from County Antrim & his mother was Irish, too
He continued to support the political career of protege James "Young Hickory" Polk
This president who vetoed the bill to establish the Second Bank of the U.S. is on the $20 bill today
He claimed the smear & slander tactics of the 1828 election drove his wife Rachel to her grave
Prior to going to New Orleans, this general captured Pensacola, Florida
In 1814 this gen. had a pirate, Jean Laffite, help him in N.O.; what's next? I'm John Q. Adams & I approved this message
You're on the money if you know he's the president in this photo
He shot & killed Charles Dickinson in an 1806 duel
He married Rachel Robards in 1791, but since her divorce was not yet final, they had to remarry on January 17, 1794
Charlton Heston is seen here as this prickly character before he became president"What did you say?""I said, 'I wonder whose bed Rachael'll be putting her moccasins under next.'"[Smack!]
Among his nicknames were "King Andrew the First" & "The Hero of New Orleans"
The "Land Hero of 1812"
Charlton Heston played this president in 2 films: "The Buccaneer" & "The President's Lady"
After leaving office in 1837, he retired to the Hermitage, his Tennessee plantation
In 1829, in his 1st annual message to Congress, he questioned the constitutionality of the Bank of the U.S.
The capital of Mississippi was named for this man, even before he became president
This man's inauguration is depicted here
The Hermitage
Inflation? In 1907 he was on the 5-dollar bill; today he's worth 4 times that
Rachel Donelson Robards
In 1796 this future U.S. president helped draft Tennessee's new constitution
On April 15, 1821 President Monroe appointed him the first governor of the territory of Florida
In 1835 Richard Lawrence tried to kill this seventh U.S. president, the first time such an attempt was made
"The Duel Fighter"
Though not in the best of health, in 1840 he went to New Orleans to celebrate his battle victory's 25th anniversary
A yearly football game is played near the NC/SC border to "settle" the issue of this president's birthplace in 1767
In March 1814 this general defeated the Creeks at Horseshoe Bend, in what is now Alabama
Martin was not only this 7th president's veep, he was his most trusted advisor
In 1835 he became the first & only president to pay off the national debt
John Quincy Adams & then Henry Clay
In 1818 this general ordered 2 traders arrested & executed for inciting the Seminole Indians
This president's nephew & the editor of the Washington Globe were part of his "Kitchen Cabinet"
Men who slandered his wife Rachel found out quickly why he was called the "Duel Fighter"
The Democratic Party's symbol dates back to 1828, when this man was called a jackass in his run for the presidency
A.G. Roger Taney wrote this president's speech announcing the veto of the bill renewing the Bank of the U.S.
In the 1830s this U.S. president began formulating policy with a group of advisors called the "Kitchen Cabinet"
In 1832 this president declared, "The bank, Mr. Van Buren, is trying to kill me; but I will kill it"
His 1791 marriage to Rachel Robards was invalid, so they had to do it all over again on January 17, 1794
Horseshoe Bend National Military Park in Alabama is the site where he defeated the Creek Indians in 1814
Swank Jean Cord
In 1832 Crockett & his fellow Whigs opposed this president's position against the Bank of the United States
He enjoyed gambling on the ponies; he also bred racehorses at his Hermitage home
Hoping to say a final farewell to this friend, Sam Houston showed up at his Hermitage home minutes too late
In 1832 this president vetoed the recharter of the Second Bank of the United States
...the Alamo was besieged by Mexican forces
Although he won the popular & electoral votes in 1824, the House chose John Quincy Adams as president
Though he supposedly fought 103 duels before becoming president, he killed a man in only one of them
(Jimmy Carter gives the clue from the Carter Center in Atlanta) The Democratic Party's donkey dates back to this presidential candidate's 1828 campaign
In 1832 he said, "The bank, Mr. Van Buren, is trying to kill me, but I will kill it"
He kept some of his favorite racing fillies at the White House, including Emily & Lady Nashville
"The Union must and shall be preserved" is under this man's statue in New Orleans
1828:John Quincy Adams
March 15, 1767 in either North Carolina or South Carolina--no one knows for sure
Martin Van Buren
"The Sage of The Hermitage"
When he didn't get along with this president, John C. Calhoun resigned as vice president in 1832
The only U.S. president to marry the same woman twice, once in 1791 & once in 1794
In 1832 Daniel Webster said his veto of the Bank Bill "manifestly seeks to influence the poor against the rich"
In 1835, this U.S. president survived an assassination attempt when both pistols used by the gunman misfired
In 1821 this veteran of the Seminole Wars was appointed provisional gov. of Florida but didn't serve a year
In 1806 this future president killed Charles Dickinson in a duel after Dickinson denounced him in the press
Jon Meacham's 2008 bestseller "American Lion" is a portrait of this president during his White House years
At 14, this future "Old Hickory" was captured & wounded by the British during the Revolution
This President said that the second bank of the U.S. is "trying to kill me, but I will kill it"

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