preview

Andrew Jackson Research Paper

Good Essays

Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States, was born the Waxhaw territory, lying between North and South Carolina on March 15, 1767. Jackson was the third child of Scotch-Irish parents. His father died as the result of a logging accident just a few weeks before Andrew was born. Jackson's mother, Elizabeth Hutchison Jackson, was regarded as a very independent woman. After her husband's death, she raised her three sons at the home of one of her relatives.
The Declaration of Independence was signed when Andrew was nine years old. When he reached the age of thirteen he joined the Continental Army, enrolled as a courier. The Revolution took a toll on the Jackson family. All three boys saw active service. One of Andrew's older …show more content…

It was during this period that he earned his nickname of, "Old Hickory." Jackson had been ordered to march his Tennessee troops to Natchez, Mississippi. When he got there he was told to disband his men because they were unneeded. General Jackson refused and marched them back to Tennessee. Because of his strict discipline on that march his men began to say he was as tough as hickory.
After several years serving the government of Tennessee, Jackson was later appointed governor of the newly acquired Florida. In accepting this job, Jackson received many responsibilities, such as full military command over Cuba and the ability to suspend any officials not appointed by the President.
Soon after, a weary and tired Jackson returned home to Tennessee. He would later be afflicted with illnesses that would plague him for the rest of his life. However, Jackson would later be nominated for President by the Tennessee legislature. The move was “unprecedented but an appealingly democratic one.” Jackson would later loose the Election of 1824 even though he acquired the majority of the popular and electoral votes. Of a needed 131 votes, Jackson got 99, while his opposition, John Adams and William Crawford, got 84 and 41 respectively.
Andrew Jackson ran again in the Election of 1828. His campaign this time was a successful one. He was donned by the country as the

Get Access