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Facts
Also Known As | Old Hickory |
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Born | March 15, 1767 • South Carolina |
Died | June 8, 1845 (aged 78) • near Nashville • Tennessee |
Title / Office | presidency of the United States of America (1829-1837), United States • United States Senate (1797-1798), United States • House of Representatives (1796-1797), United States |
Political Affiliation | Democratic Party |
Awards And Honors | Hall of Fame (1910) |
Notable Family Members | spouse Rachel Jackson |
Role In | Bank War • Battle of New Orleans • Creek War • First Seminole War • Specie Circular • Battle of Horseshoe Bend • Force Bill • Nullification Crisis • Seminole Wars |
Did You Know?
- Jackson opposed the concept of a national bank but his portrait is displayed on the twenty dollar bill.
- Andrew Jackson adopted an orphaned Creek Indian boy named Lyncoya.
- Jackson is the first U.S. president to survive an assassination attempt.
- Jackson was the first U.S. president born in a log cabin.
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