7th President Andrew Jackson

1767 - 1845  (78 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and 15 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Andrew Jackson
  Prefix	7th President
  Birth	15 Mar 1767	Waxhaws, South Carolina, USA
  Gender	Male
  Prominent People	1829
  US President
  Death	8 Jun 1845	Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
  Burial	Hermitage Garden, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
  Siblings	2 Siblings
  1. Hugh Jackson,   b. 1762   d. 29 May 1780  (Age 18 years)   2. Robert Jackson,   b. 1765   d. 6 Aug 1780  (Age 15 years) + 3. 7th President Andrew Jackson,   b. 15 Mar 1767, Waxhaws, South Carolina, USA d. 8 Jun 1845, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA  (Age 78 years) ▻ Rachel Donelson,  m. Aug 1791
  Person ID	I74830	Geneagraphie
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  Father	Andrew Jackson,   b. 20 Jul 1737, Carrick Fergus, Antrim, Éire d. 10 Mar 1767, Lancaster, Waxhaw Settlement, South Carolina, USA (Age 29 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Hutchinson,   b. Abt 1740, Antrim, Éire d. 2 Nov 1781, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA (Age 41 years)
  Marriage	7 Feb 1759	Carrickfergus, Éire
  Family ID	F30418	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rachel Donelson,   b. 15 Jun 1767, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA d. 22 Dec 1828, Hermitage Garden, Nashville, Tennessee, USA (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	Aug 1791	Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi, USA
  Andrew and his wife Rachel, had no children. But Andrew adopted a nephew of Rachel's, they named him Andrew Jackson Jr.. They later took in another of Rachel's nephews and named him Andrew Jackson Donalson and sent him to West Point.
  Children	1. Emily Donalson,   b. Abt 1793   d. Yes, date unknown + 2. Andrew Jackson, Jr.,   b. 1809, Clover Bottom, Davidson, Tennessee, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F30417	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 May 2002

  
  

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  - US President No. 7 Was elected over John Quincy Adams by a popular vote of 647,286 to 508,064 and an electoral vote of 178 to 83. Was reelected 1832 over Henry Clay by a popular vote of 687,502 to 530,189 and an electoral vote of 219 to 49. During his first term 1829-1832 John C. Calhoun served as vice-president, during his second 1833-1837 his successor Martin Van Buren. Called "Old Hickory". More nearly than any of his predecessors, Andrew Jackson was elected by popular vote; as President he sought to act as the direct representative of the common man. Born in a backwoods settlement in the Carolinas in 1767, he received sporadic education. But in his late teens he read law for about two years, and he became an outstanding young lawyer in Tennessee. Fiercely jealous of his honor, he engaged in brawls, and in a duel killed a man who cast an unjustified slur on his wife Rachel. Jackson prospered sufficiently to buy slaves and to build a mansion, the Hermitage, near Nashville. He was the first man elected from Tennessee to the House of Representatives, and he served briefly in the Senate. A major general in the War of 1812, Jackson became a national hero when he defeated the British at New Orleans. In 1824 some state political factions rallied around Jackson; by 1828 enough had joined "Old Hickory" to win numerous state elections and control of the Federal administration in Washington. In his first Annual Message to Congress, Jackson recommended eliminating the Electoral College. He also tried to democratize Federal officeholding. Already state machines were being built on patronage, and a New York Senator openly proclaimed "that to the victors belong the spoils. . . . " Jackson took a milder view. Decrying officeholders who seemed to enjoy life tenure, he believed Government duties could be "so plain and simple" that offices should rotate among deserving applicants. As national politics polarized around Jackson and his opposition, two parties grew out of the old Republican Party--the Democratic Republicans, or Democrats, adhering to Jackson; and the National Republicans, or Whigs, opposing him. Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and other Whig leaders proclaimed themselves defenders of popular liberties against the usurpation of Jackson. Hostile cartoonists portrayed him as King Andrew I. Behind their accusations lay the fact that Jackson, unlike previous Presidents, did not defer to Congress in policy-making but used his power of the veto and his party leadership to assume command. The greatest party battle centered around the Second Bank of the United States, a private corporation but virtually a Government-sponsored monopoly. When Jackson appeared hostile toward it, the Bank threw its power against him. Clay and Webster, who had acted as attorneys for the Bank, led the fight for its recharter in Congress. "The bank," Jackson told Martin Van Buren, "is trying to kill me, but I will kill it!" Jackson, in vetoing the recharter bill, charged the Bank with undue economic privilege. His views won approval from the American electorate; in 1832 he polled more than 56 percent of the popular vote and almost five times as many electoral votes as Clay. Jackson met head-on the challenge of John C. Calhoun, leader of forces trying to rid themselves of a high protective tariff. When South Carolina undertook to nullify the tariff, Jackson ordered armed forces to Charleston and privately threatened to hang Calhoun. Violence seemed imminent until Clay negotiated a compromise: tariffs were lowered and South Carolina dropped nullification. In January of 1832, while the President was dining with friends at the White House, someone whispered to him that the Senate had rejected the nomination of Martin Van Buren as Minister to England. Jackson jumped to his feet and exclaimed, "By the Eternal! I'll smash them!" So he did. His favorite, Van Buren, became Vice President, and succeeded to the Presidency when "Old Hickory" retired to the Hermitage, where he died in June 1845.