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Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was an American lawyer, planter, general, and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States 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.
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The presidency of Andrew Jackson began on March 4, 1829,...
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As a boy Andrew Jackson was a messenger for the Continental Army. The British caught him and mistreated him. He was the first U.S. president who was not born into a rich family. He was not a rich man and did not have a college education. He moved to Tennesseeand became a politician.
During the War of 1812, he became a general and won the Battle of New Orleanswhich made him very famous. He joined the war because of childhood trauma that he had endured during the Revolutionary War; both his mother and his brother died during the war, and Jackson blamed the British and wanted to avenge his late loved ones.
In 1791, he fell in love with Rachel Donelson Robards. They went through a marriage ceremony. However, the marriage was not legal because she had not been granted a divorce from her first husband. Therefore, they married legally three years later. They had no children, but they adopted several. He became rich and owned a large plantation.
In the 1790s Jackson was a member of the United States House of Representatives, the United States Senate, and the Supreme Court of Tennessee. In 1823 he returned to the Senate. Andrew Jackson reorganized the Democratic Partyand was its leader. In 1828, he defeated John Quincy Adams in the Presidential Election of 1828, he became president on March...
Jackson's legacy among historians is mixed and heavily debated. Some have liked him because he was against aristocrats, bankers, businessmen, the British Empire, cities, and paper money, and in favor of ordinary country people. Some have disliked him for the same reasons and because he was in favor of war and against Indians.
Há 5 dias · The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Last Updated: May 27, 2024 • Article History. Andrew Jackson. Byname: Old Hickory. Born: March 15, 1767, Waxhaws region, South Carolina [U.S.] Died: June 8, 1845, the Hermitage, near Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. (aged 78) Title / Office: presidency of the United States of America (1829-1837), United States.
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29 de out. de 2009 · Topics. U.S. Presidents. Andrew Jackson. By: History.com Editors. Updated: May 18, 2020 | Original: October 29, 2009. copy page link. Print Page. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images.
Andrew Jackson ( Waxhaws, 15 de março de 1767 – Nashville, 8 de junho de 1845) foi um fazendeiro, militar e estadista americano que foi o sétimo presidente dos Estados Unidos, de 1829 a 1837. Antes de ser eleito para a presidência, ganhou fama como general do Exército dos EUA e ocupou cargos em ambas as casas do Congresso dos EUA.
