| ANDREW JACKSON General Jackson on
his favorite horse
Andrew Jackson was a rugged individualist who enjoyed
gambling and racehorses. The son of poor Scotch-Irish
immigrants, he grew up on the frontier of the Carolinas
among people who were ready to fight at any time to
defend their honor. Quick to fight and never willing to
give up easily, Jackson was a natural soldier. He served
in the Revolutionary
War at the age of 13, and was held prisoner by the
British for a brief time. He won fame as an Indian
fighter and as a general in the War of 1812, and was
nicknamed "Old Hickory" by his fellow soldiers
because of his toughness.
Chronology of His Life and Career
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March 15, 1767 |
Born in Waxhaw settlement, on the border
between North and South Carolina. |
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1780 |
Joined the mounted militia of South
Carolina. |
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1783 |
Taught school for a short time near Waxhaw. |
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1787 |
Admitted to the bar. |
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1788 |
Appointed Solicitor for the region that now
forms Tennessee. |
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August 1791 |
Married Mrs. Rachel
Donelson Robards. |
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January 17, 1794 |
Remarried Mrs. Robards. |
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1796 |
Bought Hunter's Hill. |
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1796 |
Served as a delegate to the Tennessee State
Constitutional Convention. |
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1796 |
Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. |
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1797 |
Appointed to the U.S. Senate. |
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1798 |
Elected to the Tennessee Supreme Court. |
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1804 |
Bought The Hermitage. |
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1806 |
Killed Charles Dickinson in a duel. |
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1813 |
Led 2,500 Tennessee militiamen to and from
Natchez, Mississippi. |
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March 27, 1814 |
Defeated the Creek Indians in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. |
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1814 |
Captured Pensacola in Spanish Florida. |
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January 8, 1815 |
Defeated the British in the Battle of New Orleans. |
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1817 |
Defeated the Seminole Indians of Florida. |
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1821 |
Appointed Provisional Governor of Florida. |
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1823 |
Elected to the U.S. Senate. |
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1824 |
Defeated for President by John
Quincy Adams. |
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1828 |
Elected President
of the United States. |
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December 22, 1828 |
Rachel Jackson died. |
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1832 |
Re-elected President. |
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June 8, 1845 |
Died at the
Hermitage. |
Sources
From Revolution to Reconstruction odur.let.rug.nl
The Hermitage hermitage.org
The North Carolina Encyclopedia ncpedia.org
See Also
Revolutionary War
War of 1812
South
Carolina
Rachel Jackson
The Hermitage
Battle of Horseshoe Bend
Battle of New Orleans
Florida
John Quincy Adams
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