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Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was the seventh president of the United States, serving 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 .
The presidency of Andrew Jackson began on March 4, 1829, when Andrew Jackson was inaugurated as 7th President of the United States, and ended on March 4, 1837. Jackson took office after defeating incumbent President John Quincy Adams in the bitterly contested 1828 presidential election .
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Andrew Jackson's Hermitage, Nashville 1836 69 Ralph Eleaser Whiteside Earl Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, South Carolina 1836–37 69–70 Ralph Eleaser Whiteside Earl Smithsonian Museum of American Art "The National Picture," possession transferred to museum from U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia [12] 1837 70
Old Hickory is named in honor of President Andrew Jackson, nicknamed "Old Hickory".Old Hickory started out in 1786 as a 3,000-acre land grant to a man named Sam Jones, and thus the nearby section of the Cumberland River was called Jones' Bend for much of the 19th century. [2]
Hickory County: Missouri: Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States (1829–1837), who was nicknamed "Old Hickory" because of his toughness Hidalgo County: New Mexico: Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, the priest who raised the call for Mexico's independence from Spain in 1810 Hidalgo County: Texas Highland County: Ohio
Howard Kittell has run The Hermitage for 15 years and recently announced his retirement. He talked about the legacy of U.S. President Andrew Jackson.
The first inauguration of Andrew Jackson as the seventh president of the United States was held on Wednesday, March 4, 1829, at the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. The inauguration marked the commencement of the first four-year term of Andrew Jackson as president and the second term of John C. Calhoun as vice president.