Under the same roof Jackson’s clan lived with him in the White House. There was Andrew Jackson Jr., a nephew and his adopted son. Andrew Jr. would inherit a huge fortune, but he would die in debt.

Archaeologists have found 28 graves of people who were enslaved by Andrew Jackson at his ... he brought people he enslaved to the White House. In 1804, Jackson purchased 425 acres (172 hectares ...

Jackson was born in the then ... he validated when he gave the vote to all white male citizens (rather than only to white land owners). The 1828 election was seen as a rematch between John Quincy ...

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 ...

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 ...

Duel pistols were no match for the White House incumbent, who fended off the assailant with his cane on this date in 1835 Laura Kiniry Travel Correspondent Andrew Jackson was exiting the U.S ...

In what is today known as the Trail of Tears, members of the Cherokee Nation were rounded up and transplanted westward by military force in 1838 under Jackson’s successor Martin Van Buren. Legacy In ...