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  1. Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was an American lawyer, planter, general, and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Before his presidency, he gained fame as a general in the U.S. Army and served in both houses of the U.S. Congress.

  2. Jun 4, 2024 · Andrew Jackson, American general and seventh president of the United States (182937). He was the first U.S. president to come from the area west of the Appalachians and the first to gain office by a direct appeal to the mass of voters.

  3. Apr 3, 2014 · (1767-1845) Who Was Andrew Jackson? A lawyer and a landowner, Andrew Jackson became a national war hero after defeating the British in the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812....

  4. Oct 29, 2009 · Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) was the nation's seventh president (1829-1837) and became America’s most influential–and polarizing–political figure during the 1820s and 1830s.

  5. www.whitehouse.gov › about-the-white-house › presidentsAndrew Jackson - The White House

    Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States from 1829 to 1837, seeking to act as the direct representative of the common man.

  6. Apr 25, 2019 · Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767–June 8, 1845), also known as "Old Hickory," was the son of Irish immigrants and a soldier, a lawyer, and a legislator who became the seventh president of the United States. Known as the first "citizen-president," Jackson was the first non-elite man to hold the office. Fast Facts: Andrew Jackson.

  7. Jackson was a planter, lawyer, U.S. congressional representative (1796–97), U.S. Senator (1797–98, 1823–25), judge of the Tennessee Superior Court (1798–1804), Tennessee militia officer (1801–14), U.S. Army major general (1814–21), and territorial governor of Florida (1821).

  8. Andrew Jackson, seventh President of the United States, was the dominant actor in American politics between Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln. Born to obscure parents and orphaned in youth, he was the first "self-made man" and the first westerner to reach the White House.

  9. Andrew Jackson, seventh President of the United States, was the dominant actor in American politics between Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln. Born to obscure parents and orphaned in youth, he was the first "self-made man" and the first westerner to reach the White House.

  10. Andrew Jackson, (born March 15, 1767, Waxhaws region, S.C.—died June 8, 1845, the Hermitage, near Nashville, Tenn., U.S.), Seventh president of the U.S. (1829–37). He fought briefly in the American Revolution near his frontier home, where his family was killed in the conflict.