Duel pistols were no match for the White House incumbent, who fended off the assailant with his cane on this date in 1835 ...
Andrew Jackson's tombstone is etched ... the 2016 presidential campaign as Democrats cast off Jackson and Thomas Jefferson from state party fundraising dinners in search of less controversial ...
Inconveniently, Jackson was long a Democratic ... established similar dominance over the party he adopted and proceeded to make his own. When House Republicans’ ebullient fractiousness ...
Campaign Jackson was nominated for presidency in 1824, but lost to John Quincy Adams when the election came down to the vote of speaker of the House ... to white land owners). The 1828 election was ...
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.
Although Jackson won more electoral and popular votes than any of his opponents in 1824, his lack of a majority gave the House of Representatives the power to choose a president. Frustrated by ...
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 ...
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 Forces commanded by Andrew Jackson fought the British in the ...