Andrew Jackson Donelson
| Andrew Jackson Donelson | |
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| 2nd United States Envoy to Prussia | |
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In office July 18, 1846 – November 2, 1849 |
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| President |
James K. Polk Zachary Taylor |
| Preceded by | Henry Wheaton |
| Succeeded by | Edward A. Hannegan |
| 6th United States Chargé d'Affaires in Texas | |
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In office November 29, 1844 – August 9, 1845 |
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| President |
John Tyler James K. Polk |
| Preceded by | Tilghman Howard |
| Succeeded by | Texas annexed by the United States |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
August 25, 1799 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | June 26, 1871 (aged 71) Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Other political affiliations |
Know Nothing (1856) Constitutional Union (1860) |
| Spouse(s) |
Emily Donelson (1824–1836) Elizabeth Martin Randolph (1841–1871) |
| Relations | Daniel Smith Donelson (brother) |
| Alma mater |
United States Military Academy Transylvania University |
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Andrew Jackson Donelson (August 25, 1799 – June 26, 1871) was an American diplomat and the Know Nothing nominee for Vice President of the United States in 1856 on a ticket with former President Millard Fillmore.
One of the three sons of Samuel and Mary Donelson, Andrew Jackson Donelson was born in Nashville, Tennessee. His younger brother, Daniel Smith Donelson, was the Confederate brigadier general after whom Fort Donelson was named. Donelson's father died when Donelson was about five. When his mother remarried, Donelson moved to The Hermitage, the home of his aunt, Rachel Donelson Jackson, and her husband, Donelson's namesake, future President of the United States Andrew Jackson. Rachel and Andrew Jackson adopted all three Donelson sons, including Andrew.
Donelson attended Cumberland College in Nashville and then joined the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, graduating second in his class in 1820. His two years as an officer in the United States Army were spent as aide-de-camp to Andrew Jackson, by then a major general, as Jackson campaigned against the Seminoles in Florida. With the campaign over, Donelson resigned his commission and studied law at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky. A year later, he started practicing law in Nashville and, less than a year after that, had married his first cousin, Emily Tennessee Donelson.
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