Retropolis Andrew Jackson slaughtered Indians. Then he adopted a baby boy he’d orphaned. The future president referred to Lyncoya as his son. But some historians don’t think he qualified for a ...

Andrew Jackson wasn't big into backing down. The president participated in more than 100 duels over his lifetime. Mental Floss writes of the seventh president's tendency to step outside: Often ...

Andrew Jackson was born 250 years ago this March 15. For much of that quarter-millennium, he was one of the most admired figures in American life.

NASHVILLE — At least 26 enslaved people died on the Tennessee plantation of President Jackson between 1804 and the end of the Civil War in 1865. Where they were laid to rest is knowledge that ...

President Trump, a noted fan of Andrew Jackson, has some unresolved questions about problems that followed the seventh president’s leadership: like the Civil War. Why was there a Civil War in ...

Andrew Jackson may be giving way to Harriet Tubman on the face of the $20 bill, but the seventh president’s image is on the ascent in the modern White House.

Why Andrew Jackson never should have been on the $20 to begin with The decision to replace the 7th president with Harriet Tubman has predictably caused protest. It shouldn't.

On March 28, 1834, the U.S. Senate censured President Andrew Jackson in a tug-of-war that had questionable constitutional roots but important political overtones.

This June 10, 1999, file photograph shows the bronze statue of Andrew Jackson in front of Jackson, Miss., City Hall. The City Council voted 5-1, Tuesday, July 7, 2020, to relocate the bronze ...

Jackson went on to win the presidency in 1828 and reelection in 1832, but it was the 1824 campaign, prefaced by his momentous victory at the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812, that ...

Andrew Jackson, who was appointed governor of the Florida Territories, was the first to run, and after a failed attempt in 1824, was elected and reelected in the next two contests.

Professor Brands talked about his book [Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times]. In his book, the author discussed the life and presidency of Andrew Jackson. He followed President Jackson from his ...