Andrew Jackson
7th President
Born: 1767 Died: 1845 Served: 1829 - 1837

Vice-President John C. Calhoun
Political Party Democrat
College
Occupation Lawyer
Birthplace Waxhaw Settlement, South Carolina
Place of Burial Hermitage, Tennessee

Pop Quiz Facts

* 1825: Loses to John Quincy Adams in the House of Representatives vote for president.
* 1828: Wins sweeping victory in presidential election.
* 1829: Placed some 2,000 of his supporters in government jobs and established a "kitchen cabinet" of informal advisors.
* 1832: Wins second term.
* 1835: Pays final installment on national debt, making him the only president to clear the debt.
* 1836: On July 11, issued the Specie Circular, ordering that federal lands be purchased only in gold and silver.

Interesting Facts

* Jackson was the only president who served in both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.
* He was the only president to have been a prisoner of war.
* Wounded in a duel at the age of 39, Jackson carried the bullet, lodged near his heart, to his grave. * Jackson was the first president to ride on a railroad train.
* Jackson was the only president to have an adopted child.
* He paid-off the debt and thus became the only president of a debt-free United States.

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