General Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson
Portrait by Ralph Eleaser Whiteside Earl, c. 1837
7th President of the United States
In office March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1837
Vice President	John C. Calhoun (1829–1832) None (1832–1833) Martin Van Buren (1833–1837)
Preceded by	John Quincy Adams
Succeeded by	Martin Van Buren
United States Senator from Tennessee
In office March 4, 1823 – October 14, 1825
Preceded by	John Williams
Succeeded by	Hugh Lawson White
In office September 26, 1797 – April 1, 1798
Preceded by	William Cocke
Succeeded by	Daniel Smith
Military Governor of Florida
In office March 10, 1821 – December 31, 1821
Appointed by	James Monroe
Preceded by	José María Coppinger (Spanish East Florida)
Succeeded by	William Pope Duval
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's at-large district
In office December 4, 1796 – September 26, 1797
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	William C. C. Claiborne
Personal details
Born	(1767-03-15)March 15, 1767 Waxhaw Settlement between the Provinces of North Carolina and South Carolina, British America
Died	June 8, 1845(1845-06-08) (aged 78) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Resting place	The Hermitage
Nationality	American
Political party	Democratic (after 1828) Jacksonian (1825–1828) Democratic-Republican (Before 1825)
Spouse(s)	Rachel Donelson (m. 1794; d. 1828)
Children	3 adopted sons
Parents	Andrew Jackson Elizabeth Hutchinson
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Military service
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	United States Army
Rank	Major General (United States Army) 1814 Major General (United States Volunteers) 1812 Major General (Tennessee Militia) 1802
Battles/wars	American Revolutionary War Battle of Hanging Rock Creek War Battle of Talladega Battles of Emuckfaw and Enotachopo Creek Battle of Horseshoe Bend War of 1812 Battle of Pensacola Battle of New Orleans First Seminole War Conquest of Florida Battle of Negro Fort Siege of Fort Barrancas
Awards	Congressional Gold Medal Thanks of Congress

Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was an American soldier and statesman who served as the seventh President of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Before being elected to the presidency, Jackson gained fame as a general in the United States Army and served in both houses of Congress. As president, Jackson sought to advance the rights of the "common man" against a "corrupt aristocracy" and to preserve the Union.

Born in the colonial Carolinas to a Scotch-Irish family in the decade before the American Revolutionary War, Jackson became a frontier lawyer and married Rachel Donelson Robards. He served briefly in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate representing Tennessee. After resigning, he served as a justice on the Tennessee Supreme Court from 1798 until 1804. Jackson purchased a property later known as the Hermitage, and became a wealthy, slaveowning planter. In 1801, he was appointed colonel of the Tennessee militia and was elected its commander the following year. He led troops during the Creek War of 1813–1814, winning the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. The subsequent Treaty of Fort Jackson required the Creek surrender of vast lands in present-day Alabama and Georgia. In the concurrent war against the British, Jackson's victory in 1815 at the Battle of New Orleans made him a national hero. Jackson then led U.S. forces in the First Seminole War, which caused the annexation of Florida from Spain. Jackson briefly served as Florida's first territorial governor before returning to the Senate. He ran for president in 1824, winning a plurality of the popular and electoral vote. As no candidate won an electoral majority, the House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams in a contingent election. In reaction to the alleged "corrupt bargain" between Adams and Henry Clay and the ambitious agenda of President Adams, Jackson's supporters founded the Democratic Party.