Presidents of the United States of America
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7 - Andrew Jackson
Personal Statistics:
Birth Date: March 15, 1767
Birthplace: Waxhaw region between North and South Carolina
Father: Andrew Jackson (d. 1767)
Mother: Elizabeth Hutchinson (d. 1781)
Height at Prime: 6 feet 1 inch
Physical Description: Tall and lean, blue eyes, angular face topped by unruly mass of reddish hair, pale complexion
Religion: Presbyterian
Wife: Rachel Donelson Robards (June 15, 1767 – December 22, 1828)
Marriage Date: January 17, 1794
Marriage Place: Nashville, Tennessee
Children: Adopted son Andrew Jackson Jr. (December 4, 1808 – April 17, 1865)
Death Date: June 8, 1845
Place of Death: The Hermitage, Nashville, Tennessee
Cause of Death: Heart failure due to consumption, dropsy and tubercular hemorrhaging
Final Words: “Oh, do not cry. Be good children, and we shall all meet in Heaven.â€
Burial Place: The Hermitage, Nashville, Tennessee
Professional Statistics:
Military service in American Revolution (1780-1781)
U.S. Representative (1796-1797)
U.S. Senator (1797-1798)
Justice of Tennessee Superior Court (1798-1804)
General during the War of 1812 (1812-1815)
General during the First Seminole War (1817-1818)
U.S. Senator (1823-1825)
7th President of the United States (1829-1837)
Political Party: Democrat
His Vice Presidents:
-- John C. Calhoun (1829-1832)
-- Martin Van Buren (1833-1837)
Events During Presidency:
Kitchen Cabinet
Spoils System
Peggy Eaton Affair (1829-1831)
Tariff and Nullification (1832)
Jackson versus the Bank of the United States (1832-1836)
Indian Policy and their relocation
Michigan admitted to Union (1837)
Black Hawk War (1832)
Assassination attempt on January 30, 1835
Arkansas admitted to Union (1836)  
