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| Date of birth | March 15, 1767 | | Place of birth | Waxhaws, British America | | Date of death | June 8, 1845(age 78) | | Place of death | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | | Political party | Democratic Party (1828 � 1845) | | Other party | Democratic-Republican Party (Before 1828) | | Spouse | Rachel Donelson (1791 � 1794; 1794 � 1828) | | Children | Andrew Jackson
Lyncoya Jackson
John Samuel Donelson
Daniel Smith Donelson
Andrew Jackson Donelson
Andrew Jackson Hutchings
Carolina Butler
Eliza Butler
Edward Butler
Anthony Butler | | Profession | Prosecutor
Judge
Planter
General | | Religion | Presbyterianism | | Service/branch | Tennessee Militia
United States Army | | Rank | Colonel
Major general | | Battles/wars | American Revolutionary War
Battle of Hobkirk's Hill
Creek War
Battle of Talladega
Battles of Emuckfaw and Enotachopo Creek
Battle of Horseshoe Bend
War of 1812
Battle of Pensacola
Battle of New Orleans
First Seminole War
Conquest of Florida
Battle of Fort Negro
Siege of Fort Barrancas | | Awards | Thanks of Congress | | In office | March 4, 1829 - March 4, 1837 | | President | John C. Calhoun
Martin Van Buren | | Vice President | John C. Calhoun
Martin Van Buren | | Succeeded by | Martin Van Buren | | Preceded by | John Quincy Adams | | In office | March 10, 1821 - December 31, 1821 | | President | James Monroe | | Succeeded by | William Duval | | Preceded by | José Coppinger | | In office | March 4, 1823 - October 14, 1825 | | Succeeded by | Hugh Lawson White | | Preceded by | John Williams | | In office | September 26, 1797 - April 1, 1798 | | Succeeded by | Daniel Smith | | Preceded by | William Cocke | | In office | December 4, 1796 - September 26, 1797 | | Succeeded by | William Claiborne | | Preceded by | Position established |
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| Name | Jackson |
| President | Andrew Jackson |
| President Start | 1829 |
| President End | 1837 |
| Vice President | John C. Calhoun |
| Vice President Start | 1829 |
| Vice President End | 1832 |
| Vice President 2 | None |
| Vice President Start 2 | 1832 |
| Vice President End 2 | 1833 |
| Vice President 3 | Martin Van Buren |
| Vice President Start 3 | 1833 |
| Vice President End 3 | 1837 |
| State | Martin Van Buren |
| State Start | 1829 |
| State End | 1831 |
| State 2 | Edward Livingston |
| State Start 2 | 1831 |
| State End 2 | 1833 |
| State 3 | Louis McLane |
| State Start 3 | 1833 |
| State End 3 | 1834 |
| State 4 | John Forsyth |
| State Start 4 | 1834 |
| State End 4 | 1837 |
| War | John H. Eaton |
| War Start | 1829 |
| War End | 1831 |
| War 2 | Lewis Cass |
| War Start 2 | 1831 |
| War End 2 | 1836 |
| Treasury | Samuel D. Ingham |
| Treasury Start | 1829 |
| Treasury End | 1831 |
| Treasury 2 | Louis McLane |
| Treasury Start 2 | 1831 |
| Treasury End 2 | 1833 |
| Treasury 3 | William J. Duane |
| Treasury Date 3 | 1833 |
| Treasury 4 | Roger B. Taney |
| Treasury Start 4 | 1833 |
| Treasury End 4 | 1834 |
| Treasury 5 | Levi Woodbury |
| Treasury Start 5 | 1834 |
| Treasury End 5 | 1837 |
| Justice | John M. Berrien |
| Justice Start | 1829 |
| Justice End | 1831 |
| Justice 2 | Roger B. Taney |
| Justice Start 2 | 1831 |
| Justice End 2 | 1833 |
| Justice 3 | Benjamin F. Butler |
| Justice Start 3 | 1833 |
| Justice End 3 | 1837 |
| Post | William T. Barry |
| Post Start | 1829 |
| Post End | 1835 |
| Post 2 | Amos Kendall |
| Post Start 2 | 1835 |
| Post End 2 | 1837 |
| Navy | John Branch |
| Navy Start | 1829 |
| Navy End | 1831 |
| Navy 2 | Levi Woodbury |
| Navy Start 2 | 1831 |
| Navy End 2 | 1834 |
| Navy 3 | Mahlon Dickerson |
| Navy Start 3 | 1834 |
| Navy End 3 | 1837 |
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Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 - June 8, 1845) was the seventh President of the United States (1829 � 1837). Based in frontier Tennessee, Jackson was a politician and army general who defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend (1814), and the British at the Battle of New Orleans (1815). A polarizing figure who dominated the Second Party System in the 1820s and 1830s, as president he destroyed the national bank and relocated most Indian tribes from the Southeast to west of the Mississippi River. His enthusiastic followers created the modern Democratic Party. The 1830-1850 period later became known as the era of Jacksonian democracy.
Jackson was nicknamed "Old Hickory" because of his toughness and aggressive personality; he fought in duels, some fatal to his opponents. He was a rich slaveholder, who appealed to the common men of the United States, and fought politically against what he denounced as a closed, undemocratic aristocracy. He expanded the spoils system during his presidency to strengthen his political base.
Elected president in 1828, Jackson supported a small and limited federal government. He strengthened the power of the presidency, which he saw as spokesman for the entire population, as opposed to Congressmen from a specific small district. He was supportive of states' rights, but during the Nullification Crisis, declared that states do not have the right to nullify federal laws. Strongly against the national bank, he vetoed the renewal of its charter and ensured its collapse. Whigs and moralists denounced his aggressive enforcement of the Indian Removal Act, which resulted in the forced relocation of thousands of Native American tribes to Indian Territory (now Oklahoma). Historians acknowledge his protection of popular democracy and individual liberty for United States citizens, and sometimes criticize him for his support for slavery and for his role in Indian removal.
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