Archaeologists have found 28 graves of people who were enslaved by Andrew Jackson at his Hermitage plantation ... people were enslaved by the Jackson family. "It is historically significant ...

Andrew Jackson's tombstone is etched with three simple words and two dates: "General Andrew Jackson, March 15, 1767 -- June 8, 1845." The inscription on the marker for the President's beloved wife ...

Duel pistols were no match for the White House incumbent, who fended off the assailant with his cane on this date in 1835 ...

The deaths of his family members led to his lifelong distrust of Britain ... The 1828 election was seen as a rematch between John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson; the latter won, in part, because of ...

There was Andrew Jackson Jr., a nephew and his adopted son ... To describe the informal group of friends, family members and advisers whom they believed maintained too great an influence over ...

Legacy In the genre of presidential portraiture, Andrew Jackson has been one of the most portrayed chief executives in history, reflecting his stature as a military hero and an authoritative leader.

Born: March 15, 1767, in Waxhaw, South Carolina... Jackson embodied the ideal of the self-made American man, and his populist appeal lay in his message of inclusion against what he characterized ...

ABSTRACT: Andrew Jackson has long been represented as the archetype of Scots Irish immigrants. However, by the election of 1832, Ulster Presbyterians in Philadelphia, once champions of Jacksonianism, ...