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| Name |
Andrew Jackson |
| Prefix |
President |
| Suffix |
Jr |
| Birth |
15 Mar 1767 |
The Waxhaw Settlement, South Carolina, United States  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
8 Jun 1845 |
Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
22 Aug 1877 |
SGEOR |
| FamilySearch ID |
L8BY-J42 |
| Burial |
The Hermitage, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States |
| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I93405 |
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| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
Andrew Bennett Jackson, b. 20 Jul 1737, Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Ulster, Ireland d. 1 Mar 1767, The Waxhaw Settlement, South Carolina, United States (Age 29 years) |
| Mother |
Elizabeth Hutchinson, b. 1737, Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Ulster, Ireland d. 2 Nov 1781, Charleston, South Carolina, United States (Age 44 years) |
| Marriage |
1760 |
Castlereagh, County Down, Ulster, Ireland |
| Family ID |
F30506 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Rachael Donelson, b. 15 Jun 1767, Halifax, Virginia, United States d. 22 Dec 1828 (Age 61 years) |
| Marriage |
1791 |
Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, United States |
| Notes |
- When Andrew Jackson migrated to Nashville, Tennessee in 1788, he boa r d e d with Rachel Stockley Donelson, the mother of Rachel Donelson Roba rd s. S hortly after, they married in Natchez, Mississippi, believing tha t h e r hu sband had obtained a divorce. As the divorce had never been co mple te d, th eir marriage was technically bigamous and therefore invalid .[2 ] His torian s found that a friend of Lewis Robards had planted a fak e ar ticl e in hi s own newspaper, saying that the couple's divorce had b een f inali zed. Th e Jacksons later found out about Robards' action in p lantin g th e article, and that he had never Completed the divorce. Later , Rache l en sured th e divorce was Completed.[citation needed] She and J ackson r emarr ied in 17 94.
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| Family ID |
F30505 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
5 May 2024 |
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 | Birth - 15 Mar 1767 - The Waxhaw Settlement, South Carolina, United States |
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 | Marriage - 1791 - Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, United States |
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 | Death - 8 Jun 1845 - Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 22 Aug 1877 - SGEOR |
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 | Burial - - The Hermitage, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States |
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- 7th President of the United States.
He was an American lawyer, general, and statesman who served as the seve n th president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Before being elect e d to the presidency, Jackson gained fame as a general in the United Sta te s Army and served in both houses of the U.S. Congress. An expansionis t pr esident, Jackson sought to advance the rights of the "common man" ag ains t a "corrupt aristocracy" and to preserve the Union.
Born in the colonial Carolinas in the decade before the American Revolut i onary War, Jackson became a frontier lawyer and married Rachel Donelso n R obards. He served briefly in the United States House of Representativ es a nd the United States Senate, representing Tennessee. After resigning , h e served as a justice on the Tennessee Supreme Court from 1798 unti l 1804 . Jackson purchased a property later known as The Hermitage, and b ecam e a wealthy, slaveowning planter. In 1801, he was appointed colone l of th e Tennessee militia and was elected its commander the following y ear. H e led troops during the Creek War of 1813–1814, winning the Battl e of Hor seshoe Bend. The subsequent Treaty of Fort Jackson required th e Creek sur render of vast lands in present-day Alabama and Georgia. In t he concurren t war against the British, Jackson's victory in 1815 at th e Battle of Ne w Orleans made him a national hero. Jackson then led U.S . forces in the F irst Seminole War, which led to the annexation of Flori da from Spain. Jac kson briefly served as Florida's first territorial gov ernor before return ing to the Senate. He ran for president in 1824, winn ing a plurality of t he popular and electoral vote. As no candidate won a n electoral majority , the House of Representatives elected John Quincy A dams in a contingen t election. In reaction to the alleged "corrupt barga in" between Adams an d Henry Clay and the ambitious agenda of President A dams, Jackson's suppo rters founded the Democratic Party.
Jackson ran again in 1828, defeating Adams in a landslide. Jackson fac e d the threat of secession by South Carolina over what opponents calle d th e "Tariff of Abominations". The crisis was defused when the tariff w as am ended, and Jackson threatened the use of military force if South Ca rolin a attempted to secede. In Congress, Henry Clay led the effort to re author ize the Second Bank of the United States. Jackson, regarding the B ank a s a corrupt institution that benefited the wealthy at the expense o f ordi nary Americans, vetoed the renewal of its charter. After a length y strugg le, Jackson and his allies thoroughly dismantled the Bank. In 18 35, Jacks on became the only president to completely pay off the nationa l debt, ful filling a longtime goal. While Jackson pursued numerous refor ms designe d to eliminate waste and corruption, his presidency marked th e beginnin g of the ascendancy of the party "spoils system" in American p olitics. I n 1830, Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act, which forcibl y removed mos t members of the major tribes of the Southeast to Indian Te rritory; thes e removals were subsequently known as the Trail of Tears. T he relocatio n process dispossessed these nations of their land and resul ted in widesp read death and disease. Jackson opposed the abolitionist mo vement, whic h grew stronger in his second term. In foreign affairs, Jack son's adminis tration concluded a "most favored nation" treaty with the U nited Kingdom , settled claims of damages against France from the Napoleo nic Wars, an d recognized the Republic of Texas. In January 1835, he surv ived the firs t assassination attempt on a sitting president.
In his retirement, Jackson remained active in Democratic Party politic s , supporting the presidencies of Martin Van Buren and James K. Polk. Th ou gh fearful of its effects on the slavery debate, Jackson advocated th e an nexation of Texas, which was accomplished shortly before his death . Jacks on has been widely revered in the United States as an advocate fo r democr acy and the common man. Many of his actions proved divisive, gar nering bo th fervent support and strong opposition from many in the count ry. His re putation has suffered since the 1970s, largely due to his anti -abolitioni st views and policy of the forcible removal of Native America ns from thei r ancestral homelands. However, surveys of historians and sc holars have r anked Jackson favorably among U.S. presidents.
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