Jackson both won the popular vote and got the most votes in the electoral college, but lost the election anyway.

But instead of living a life as a slave, he escaped bondage and became an influential anti-slavery lecturer and writer. He ...

Andrew, then thirteen years old, joined the local militia as a patriot courier. At fifteen years of age, Jackson and his other brother, Robert, were captured by the British in 1781. Jackson’s face was ...

Even before he was elected President, Andrew Jackson had been instrumental in forcing Native Americans out of the South. Once in office, he continued this policy at an accelerated pace.

In what is today known as the Trail of Tears, members of the Cherokee Nation were rounded up and transplanted westward by military force in 1838 under Jackson’s successor Martin Van Buren. Legacy In ...

Founded by the Ladies’ Hermitage Association (now named the Andrew Jackson Foundation), the museum boasts one of the most complete collections of the 7th president’s possessions. Between 1989 ...

Born: March 15, 1767, in Waxhaw, South Carolina... Jackson embodied the ideal of the self-made American man, and his populist appeal lay in his message of inclusion against what he characterized ...

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FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - We now arrive at “Old Hickory” - Andrew Jackson. Prior to becoming the seventh president Jackson was the first man elected to the House of Representatives from ...

Young Hickory left office in 1849 in poor health, retiring to Tennessee where he died three months later; The shortest ...

The Pirates moved inside the Tigers' 20 twice in the fourth quarter, but the visitors kept them out of the end zone.

It was the third game in a row that the Pirates (2-2) have allowed seven or fewer points. It was also the first time they ...