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andrew jackson
Title: andrew jackson
Category: History
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andrew jackson
Andrew Jackson (1767-1845)
Andrew Jackson was born on March 15, 1767, to a family of immigrants in the Waxhaw settlement on the western frontier of South Carolina. Jackson's parents died when he was 14, and was brought up by an uncle who was a slave owner. He became a lawyer at the age of 20 and as a prosecuting attorney in Nashville, Tennessee. He married Rachel Donelson Robards on January 17,1794, whose father was very trusted and well known. This helped …showed first 75 words of 269 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 269 total…of the United States in 1828, and served two successful terms. Jackson left office in 1837.
In 1845, Rachel Jackson was insulted by one of Jackson’s political enemies. Jackson, being the “Man of steel” that he was, challenged the man to a duel. Jackson was shot, yet did not fall, he then raised his pistol, and laid out his opponent. His honor was eon, but his life was lost. He died that day, June 8,1848, in Nashville, Tennessee.
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