Andrew Jackson was born 250 years ago this March 15. For much of that quarter-millennium, ... In fact, it was necessary to his other accomplishments, ...

Author Jon Meacham of Nashville put Jackson in historical context with his Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, "American Lion." He wrote, "Yet of the early great presidents and Founders, Andrew ...

For Tennesseans in Congress, however, there’s nothing to debate: Jackson belongs on the $20 bill. “Andrew Jackson was a great Tennessean and American, and I am extremely disappointed that this ...

In 1860, author James Parton published a three-volume “Life of Andrew Jackson.” Thoroughly researched and vividly written, Parton’s book became the standard biography for his generation ...

Robert V. Remini, professor emeritus at the University of Illinois at Chicago and author of a National Book Award-winning three-volume biography of Andrew Jackson, tells the story of how the ...

President Donald Trump salutes after laying a wreath at the Hermitage, the home of President Andrew Jackson, to commemorate Jackson's 250th birthday, March 15, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn.

Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times. In this, the first major single-volume biography of Andrew Jackson in decades, H.W. Brands reshapes our understanding of this fascinating man, and of the Age of ...