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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.
Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) was the nation's seventh president (1829-1837) and became America’s most influential–and polarizing–political figure during the 1820s and 1830s.
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.
Andrew Jackson was the first president from west of the Appalachian Mountains. He was the beneficiary and purported leader of a significant political movement later called “ Jacksonian Democracy” to denote the change from gentry control of American politics to broader popular participation.
Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States from 1829 to 1837, seeking to act as the direct representative of the common man.
Andrew Jackson, seventh President of the United States, was the dominant actor in American politics between Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln. Born to obscure parents and orphaned in youth, he was the first "self-made man" and the first westerner to reach the White House.
Andrew Jackson is of the most portrayed chief executives in the history of presidential portraiture, reflecting his stature as a military hero and an authoritative leader.
President Andrew Jackson was irate, convinced that he was the victim of “one of the most base and wicked conspiracies.” For him, the scandal known as “the petticoat affair” was a social matter that his enemies had exploited and blown out of proportion.
Click here to learn more about the enslaved households of President Andrew Jackson. Jackson vowed to make government work for the common man, chastising officials and institutions that threatened republican ideals.
Andrew Jackson is considered the first U.S. president to be elected by appealing to the mass of voters rather than the party elite. Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act of 1830; that led directly to the Trail of Tears, during which 100,000 Native people were displaced and 15,000 died, as well as the Second Seminole War.