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Quick facts for kids Andrew Jackson
7th President of the United States
In office March 4,  – March 3,
Vice President	John C. Calhoun () Martin Van Buren ()
Preceded by	John Quincy Adams
Succeeded by	Martin Van Buren
Military Governor of Florida
In office March 10,  – December 31,
Appointed by	James Monroe
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	William Pope Duval
United States Senator from Tennessee
In office March 4,  – October 14,
Preceded by	John Williams
Succeeded by	Hugh Lawson White
In office September 26,  – April 1,
Preceded by	William Cocke
Succeeded by	Daniel Smith
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's At-Large district
In office December 4,  – September 26,
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	William Claiborne
Personal details
Born	()March 15, Waxhaws area of South Carolina, USA
Died	June 8, () (aged 78) The Hermitage, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Political party	Democratic
Spouses	Widowed. Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson (niece Emily Donelson Jackson and daughter-in-law Sarah Yorke Jackson were first ladies)

Andrew Jackson (March 15, – June 8, ) became a General in the War of and was considered to be a war hero. He became the seventh President of the United States of America. He was the first Democrat and is on the Twenty Dollar Bill.

Early life

Andrew Jackson was born on March 15, , in the Waxhaws region of the Carolinas.

His parents were Scots-Irish colonists Andrew Jackson and his wife Elizabeth Hutchinson, Presbyterians who had emigrated from Ulster, Ireland, two years earlier.

As a young boy, Jackson was easily offended and was considered something of a bully.

Andrew jackson political party Andrew Jackson, the seventh President of the United States, is a figure of both admiration and controversy in American history. Jackson faced considerable adversity in his early life. His father, Andrew Jackson Sr. Tragically, his mother, Elizabeth Jackson, died of cholera when he was only 14 years old. Also Read: Andrew Jackson Timeline.

He was, however, said to have taken a group of younger and weaker boys under his wing and been very kind to them.

During the revolutionary war, young Andrew Jackson refused to shine the muddy boots of a British officer and received a saber cut across his hand and forehead. These marks stayed with him forever.

Andrew became an orphan at age He blamed the British personally for the loss of his brothers and mother.

He was not a rich man and did not have a college education.

He moved to Tennessee and became a politician.

Marriage

In , he fell in love with Rachel Donelson Robards. They went through a marriage ceremony.

President andrew jackson: Andrew Jackson was born March 15, , in the Waxhaws area that went past the borders of present-day North and South Carolina. His parents, Andrew and Elizabeth, along with his two older brothers, Hugh and Robert, emigrated from Carrickfergus, Ireland in

However, the marriage was not legal because she had not been granted a divorce from her first husband. Therefore, they married legally three years later. They had no children, but they adopted several. He became rich and owned a large plantation.

Military career

In , he was appointed colonel of the Tennessee militia and was elected its commander the following year.

He led troops during the Creek War of –, winning the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.

The subsequent Treaty of Fort Jackson required the Creek surrender of vast lands in present-day Alabama and Georgia.

In the concurrent war against the British, Jackson's victory in at the Battle of New Orleans made him a national hero.

Jackson then led U.S. forces in the First Seminole War, which led to the annexation of Florida from Spain.

Politics

In the s Jackson was a member of the United States House of Representatives, the United States Senate, and the Supreme Court of Tennessee.

In the s he commanded the Tennessee Militia and fought Indians.

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During the War of he became a general and won the Battle of New Orleans which made him very famous. In he returned to the Senate.

Andrew Jackson reorganized the Democratic Party and was its leader.

In , he defeated John Quincy Adams in the Presidential Election of , he became President on March 4, , and four years later he was re-elected to a second term as President.

In South Carolina declared secession from the United States. Jackson threatened war, and then compromised.

In January , Jackson was almost assassinated when an unemployed painter wanted to shoot him but both his guns jammed. He is the first president to have had an attempted assassination.

During his Presidency, he signed the Indian Removal Act which allowed the U.S.

government to violently force the Native Americans to move from their land and go west. Many Native Americans were killed and the path they walked to get to the west was called the Trail of Tears.

Andrew Jackson was against the national bank of the United States because he felt that banks and their banknotes were for rich and powerful people and did not serve the interests of the common man.

Andrew jackson childhood facts child Andrew Jackson was born March 15, , in the Waxhaws area that went past the borders of present-day North and South Carolina. His parents, Andrew and Elizabeth, along with his two older brothers, Hugh and Robert, emigrated from Carrickfergus, Ireland in His mother had hopes of Andrew becoming a Presbyterian minister, but young Jackson quickly dashed those hopes with his propensity for pranks, cursing and fighting. Andrew, at age 13, voluntarily joined the patriotic cause along with his brothers to fight the British. His oldest brother, Hugh, died of heat stroke following the Battle of Stono Ferry in

The national bank expired during Jackson's Presidency. Jackson chose not to continue the bank.

On March 4, , Andrew Jackson finished his second term. After that, Vice-President Martin Van Buren was elected President and continued many of the things Jackson did. Jackson was a big influence on other Democrats during the s.

Legacy

Jackson's legacy among historians is mixed.

Some have liked him because he was against aristocrats, bankers, businessmen, the British Empire, cities, and paper money, and in favor of ordinary country people. Some have disliked him for the same reasons and because he was in favor of war and slavery, and against Indians.

Death

Jackson's age and illness eventually overcame him.

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On June 8, , he was surrounded by family and friends at his deathbed. Jackson, startled by their sobbing, said, "What is the matter with my dear children? Have I alarmed you? Oh, do not cry. Be good children and we will all meet in Heaven."

He died immediately after at the age of 78 of heart failure.

In his will, Jackson left his entire estate to Andrew Jackson Jr.

except for specifically enumerated items that were left to various friends and family members.

Interesting facts about Andrew Jackson

• He was known as the “people's president”.
• He is featured on the $20 bill.
• He became a war hero during the War of when he defeated the British at the Battle of New Orleans.
• He was the target of the first attempted presidential assassination on January 30,
• He's regarded as the founder of the modern Democratic Party.
• During his presidency he oversaw the removal of around 45, Native Americans from their ancestral homes so that European settlers could live there.
  Andrew jackson education Andrew Jackson was born on March 15, , in the Waxhaw settlement, a community of Scotch-Irish immigrants along the border between North and South Carolina. Though his birthplace is in dispute, he considered himself a South Carolina native. His father died before his birth and Andrew's mother and her three small boys moved in with her Crawford relatives. Jackson attended local schools, receiving an elementary education and perhaps a smattering of higher learning. The Revolutionary War ended Jackson's childhood and wiped out his remaining immediate family.

  This resulted in the Trail of Tears.

• He was in favor of slavery.
• He killed a man in a duel.
• His nickname was "Old Hickory"

Images for kids

• Young Jackson Refusing to Clean Major Coffin's Boots ( lithograph)

• General Andrew Jackson as pictured in Harper's Magazine, Vol 28, "War with the Creek Indians", page ,

• General Andrew Jackson by John Wesley Jarvis, c.

• The Battle of New Orleans. General Andrew Jackson stands on the parapet of his defenses as his troops repulse attacking Highlanders, by painter Edward Percy Moran in

• Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans, painted by Thomas Sully in from an earlier portrait he had completed from life in

• Trial of Robert Ambrister during the Seminole War.

  Ambrister was one of two British subjects executed by General Jackson. ()

• Teracotta bust of General Jackson by William Rush,

• President Andrew Jackson New York: Ritchie & Co. ()

• Portrait of Jackson by Earl,

• William C.

  Rives, Jackson's Minister to France, successfully negotiated a reparations treaty with France in

• Democratic cartoon shows Jackson destroying the "Devil's Bank"

• Richard Lawrence's attempt on Jackson's life, as depicted in an etching

• USS Porpoise, a brig ship laid down in and launched in May ; used in the U.S.

  Exploring Expedition

• A New York newspaper blamed the Panic of on Andrew Jackson, depicted in spectacles and top hat.

• Mezzotint after a Daguerreotype of Jackson by Mathew Brady, April 15,

• Tennessee Gentleman, portrait of Jackson, c.

  , from the collection of The Hermitage

• Andrew Jackson as Grand Master of Tennessee,

• Jackson portrait on obverse $20 bill

See also

In Spanish: Andrew Jackson para niños