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Andrew Jackson
president of United States
Also known as: Old Hickory
Category:
History & Society
- Byname:
- Old Hickory
- Born:
- March 15, 1767, Waxhaws region, South Carolina [U.S.]
- Political Affiliation:
- Democratic Party
- Awards And Honors:
- Hall of Fame (1910)
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Andrew Jackson (born March 15, 1767, Waxhaws region, South Carolina [U.S.]—died June 8, 1845, the Hermitage, near Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.) was a military hero and the seventh president of the United States (1829–37). He was the first U.S. president to come from the area west of the Appalachians and the first to gain office by a direct appeal to the mass of voters. His political movement has since been known as Jacksonian Democracy. Jackson was born on the western frontier of the Carolinas, an area that was in dispute between North Carolina and South Carolina, and both states have claimed ...(100 of 3829 words)