- American soldier and statesman who served as the seventh President of the United States from 1829 to 1837 and is considered the founder of the Democratic Party
Born: | 15 March 1767 Comment | When did Andrew Jackson die? / Died | 08 June 1845 | How many years did Andrew Jackson live? / Lived | 78 years | Where was Andrew Jackson born? | Waxhaws, US | Where did Andrew Jackson die? / Deathplace | Nashville, Tennessee, US | Nicknames: | King Mob, The Hero of New Orleans, Old Hickory | Zodiac sign: | Pisces |
Andrew Jackson Net worth 2024 (estimated)
| How much is Andrew Jackson worth? | Under review
| Nationality: | American | Hair color: | Grey | Eyes color: | Blue |
Who was Andrew Jackson? / Facts
- He was born near the end of the colonial era, somewhere near the then-unmarked border between North and South Carolina, into a recently immigrated Scots-Irish farming family of relatively modest means
- During the American Revolutionary War, Jackson, whose family supported the revolutionary cause, acted as a courier
- At age 13, he was captured and mistreated by the British army
- He later became a lawyer
- He was also elected to Congressional office, first to the US House of Representatives and twice to the US Senate
- In 1801, Jackson was appointed colonel in the Tennessee militia, which became his political as well as military base
- He owned hundreds of slaves who worked on the Hermitage plantation
- In 1806, he killed a man in a duel over a matter of honor regarding his wife Rachel
- He gained national fame through his role in the War of 1812, most famously where he won a decisive victory over the main British invasion army at the Battle of New Orleans
- In response to conflict with the Seminole in Spanish Florida, he invaded the territory in 1818
- This led directly to the First Seminole War and the Adams–Onís Treaty of 1819, which formally transferred Florida from Spain to the United States
- After winning election to the Senate, Jackson ran for president in 1824
- Although he got a plurality in both electoral and popular vote against three major candidates, Jackson failed to get a majority and lost in the House of Representatives to John Quincy Adams
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