Volume 13 , Issue 21

Obituary Andrew Jackson (1767-1845)

Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) Obituary -- Andrew Jackson, seventh president of the United States, died June 8, 1845 at his Nashville home. He was 78. Jackson was born in Waxhaw, South Carolina on March 15, 1767. He had little formal education, but studied law for two years, becoming a lawyer in Tennessee. President Andrew Jackson was the second husband of Rachel (DONELSON) ROBARDS in an August, 1791 ceremony, and again on 17 January 1794. They had an adopted son, Andrew Jr.

Jackson built a home called the "Hermitage" outside Nashville, and soon entered politics. Jackson served as the first U.S. Representative from Tennessee, and later served in the Senate. He was also a Major General in the army. His most famous campaign was the victory over England in the "Battle of New Orleans" during the "War of 1812."

Jackson ran for president in 1824. Despite receiving more electoral and popular votes than his opponent John Quincy Adams, Adams became president when the House of Representatives chose him over Jackson. Jackson, like Adams, had not secured a majority of electoral votes in a four-man race, and the House by law had to make the choice.

Jackson won the presidency in 1828. Jackson, a Democrat, was bitterly opposed by the "Whig Party," who believed Jackson ruled more by veto and partisan politics than he did with congressional approval. A test of wills between the two parties occurred when Jackson opposed a Whig measure to establish a National Bank. Jackson prevailed.

Jackson was the first president who took his case to the American people when Congress seemed opposed to his views. He was also known to allow the public free access to the White House. Jackson won a landslide victory in the 1832 presidential election, winning the popular vote with a 56 percent margin. After his second term, Jackson retired to his Nashville home, the Hermitage, where he died on June 8, 1845.   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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