Andrew Jackson was born on March 15 1767 in South Carolina. His father died before he was born. He joined the South Carolina militia at age 13. Both of his brothers died at war and his mother died of cholera by the time Andrew was 14.
At the age of 17 Andrew went to North Carolina and began to study law. In 1797 Andrew moved to Tennessee, there the Tennessee legislature elected him a U.S. senator. He was a senator for only one session before resigning to go into the military.
Andrew Jackson's nickname was “Old Hickory” because he was tough like a hickory tree. He became a General in the Army. General Jackson became a hero during the War of 1812 because he defeated of the British during the Battle of New Orleans.
Andrew Jackson married Rachel Donelson in 1794.
Jackson wanted to run for President in 1820 but his party did not think he was popular enough to win, so he ran and won another Senate seat instead. Jackson ran for President in 1824 against Henry Clay, William H. Crawford, and John Quincy Adams and lost to Adams. He ran again in 1828 and won. Rachel Donelson died a few weeks before Jackson's first inauguration.
Jackson was the seventh president of the United States of America. He was known as the “people's choice” because in his 1824 loss, he won the popular votes but did not have enough electoral votes to become president.
President Jackson did many things while he was president. He served two terms. He vetoed 12 pieces of legislation, more than all of the first six presidents put together. Arkansas and Michigan were added to the United States. He believed in a strong union instead of each state acting on their own. President Jackson sent troops to fight the Indians. He also passed the Indian Removal Act which offered the Indians land west of the Mississippi if they left their homes. In 1837 Andrew Jackson retired to his home which was called the Hermitage. Andrew Jackson died in June 8, 1845. Andrew Jackson was remembered for being the nation's seventh president, a war hero, and believing in a strong union.
