Portrait of Andrew Jackson, photographed by Mathew Brady
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ANDREW JACKSON
7th President of The United States of America
March 15, 1767 • June 8, 1845
- Birthplace: Waxhaw, South Carolina.
- Parents: Andrew Jackson and Elizabeth Hutchinson
- Brothers and Sisters: Andrew was the third child in a family of three.
- 1796: Delegate to Tennessee State Constitutional Convention, Knoxville.
- 1798-1804: Served as Judge, Supreme Court of Tennessee.
- 1801: Major General of militia for Western District of Tennessee.
- 1814: Commissioned Brigadier General, later promoted to Major General.
- 1815: Defeated British under General Pakenham at Battle of New Orleans.
- Political Party: Democrat (Democraticic-Republican)
- Age at Inauguration: 61 years, 354 days
- Term of Office: March 4, 1829 to March 3, 1837.
- Term Served: 8 years
- Vice President (First Term): John Caldwell Calhoun (1782-1850).
- Vice President (Second Term): Martin Van Buren (1782-1862).
- First Lady: Rachel Donelson Robards (1767-1828)
- Date and Place of Marriage: August 1791, Natchez, Mississippi.
- Children: none
- Age at Death: 78 years, 85 days.
- Place of Death: Nashville, Tennessee.
- Burial Place: The Hermitage estate, Nashville, Tennessee.
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