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  2. Presidency of Andrew Jackson - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The presidency of Andrew Jackson began on March 4, 1829, when Andrew Jackson was inaugurated as President of the United States, and ended on March 4, 1837. Jackson, the seventh United States president, took office after defeating incumbent President John Quincy Adams in the bitterly contested 1828 presidential election.

  3. Andrew Jackson - Wikipedia

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    Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was the seventh president of the United States, serving from 1829 to 1837. Before his presidency, he gained fame as a general in the U.S. Army and served in both houses of the U.S. Congress. Often praised as an advocate for ordinary Americans and for his work in preserving the union of states ...

  4. Jacksonian democracy - Wikipedia

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    Jacksonian democracy was a 19th-century political philosophy in the United States that expanded suffrage to most white men over the age of 21 and restructured a number of federal institutions. Originating with the seventh U.S. president, Andrew Jackson and his supporters, it became the nation's dominant political worldview for a generation.

  5. History of the United States (1815–1849) - Wikipedia

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    Another name for the time period has been the Age of Jackson or Jacksonian era, [57]: 149 [58]: 255 [c] named after American president Andrew Jackson, said to have defined the era as a time when popular democracy became the United States' norm and ideal. [59]

  6. Michael Jackson - Wikipedia

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    Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century.

  7. List of presidents of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The incumbent president is Joe Biden, who assumed office on January 20, 2021. [13] The president-elect is Donald Trump, who won the 2024 United States Presidential Election over Kamala Harris and will assume office on January 20, 2025. [14][15] Trump will be the second president after Grover Cleveland to serve two non-consecutive terms, as the ...

  8. The Jackson 5 - Wikipedia

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    thejacksons.live. The Jackson 5, [ a ] later the Jacksons, are an American pop band composed of members of the Jackson family. The group was founded in 1964 in Gary, Indiana, and originally consisted of brothers Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon, and Michael. They were managed by their father Joe Jackson. [ 1 ][ 4 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] The group were among ...

  9. Death of Michael Jackson - Wikipedia

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    On June 25, 2009, the American singer Michael Jackson died of acute propofol intoxication in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 50. His personal physician, Conrad Murray, said that he found Jackson in his bedroom at his North Carolwood Drive home in the Holmby Hills area of the city not breathing and with a weak pulse; he administered cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to no avail, and ...