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Robert Vincent Remini (July 17, 1921 – March 28, 2013) was an American historian and a professor emeritus at the University of Illinois at Chicago.He wrote numerous books about President Andrew Jackson and the Jacksonian era, most notably a three-volume biography of Jackson.
Silhouettes of Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson and Andrew Jackson from The Papers of Andrew Jackson, Volume VI Springfield Plantation (Fayette, Mississippi), where Rachel and Andrew were allegedly married privately by Thomas M. Green Sr., after misunderstanding whether or not Rachel was divorced; no record of this marriage ceremony has been found "Aboriginal map of Tennessee" (1886) showing ...
Jackson and Rachel had no children together but adopted Andrew Jackson Jr., the son of Rachel's brother Severn Donelson. The Jacksons acted as guardians for Donelson's other children: John Samuel, Daniel Smith , and Andrew Jackson .
Jackson's nephew, Andrew Jackson Donelson, served as the president's personal secretary, and wife, Emily, acted as the White House hostess. [26] Jackson's inaugural cabinet suffered from bitter partisanship and gossip, especially between Eaton, Vice President John C. Calhoun, and Van Buren. By mid-1831, all except Barry (and Calhoun) had ...
Life of Andrew Jackson, Volume 3. New York, NY: Mason Brothers. p. 648. Remini, Robert V. (1981). Andrew Jackson and the Course of American Freedom, 1822–1832. New York: Harper & Row Publishers, Inc. ISBN 978-0-8018-5913-7. Snelling, William Joseph (1831). A Brief and Impartial History of the Life and Actions of Andrew Jackson. Boston, MA ...
As told by Jackson biographer Robert V. Remini, one of Jackson's friends, while sitting in a Nashville store, shared what was probably a more lurid story about Erwin's disputed payment. When Dickinson heard the story, he sent a friend, Thomas Swann, to act as a go-between to inquire about what Jackson said about his father-in-law.
Robert Butler was born in 1786. [1] In his youth, he joined the U.S. Army, attaining the ranks of colonel and commander. Shortly after the death of his father Thomas Butler, Robert Butler and his siblings became wards of future president Andrew Jackson. He was a graduate of West Point and later served with distinction in the War of 1812.
Andrew Erwin (August 8, 1773 – April 19, 1834) was an American innkeeper, merchant, North Carolina state legislator, freelance imperialist (sometimes called a filibuster, although Erwin's efforts seem to have been diplomatic rather than martial), and a business and political antagonist of seventh U.S. president Andrew Jackson.