American President
Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)
Facts at a Glance
- Term
- 7th President of the United States (1829–1837)
- Born
- March 15, 1767, Waxhaw area, on North Carolina-South Carolina border
- Nickname
- “Old Hickory”
- Religion
- Presbyterian
- Marriage
- August 1791 (2nd ceremony, January 17, 1794), to Rachel Donelson Robards (1767–1828)
- Children
- None
- Career
- Lawyer, Soldier
- Political Party
- Democrat
- Writings
- Correspondence of Andrew Jackson (7 vols., 1926–1935), ed. by J. S. Bassett and J. F. Jameson
- Died
- June 8, 1845, Nashville, Tennessee
- Buried
- The Hermitage, Nashville, Tennessee
- A Life in Brief
- Andrew Jackson, seventh President of the United States, was the dominant actor in American politics between Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln. Born to obscure parents and orphaned in youth, he was the first “self-made man” and the first westerner to reach the White House. More . . .
- It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes.
- July 10, 1832
Essays on Andrew Jackson and His Administration
- Andrew Jackson
- A Life in Brief
- Life Before the Presidency
- Campaigns and Elections
- Domestic Affairs
- Foreign Affairs
- Life After the Presidency
- Family Life
- The American Franchise
- Impact and Legacy
- Key Events
- First Lady
- Rachel Jackson
- Vice President
- John C. Calhoun (1829–1832)
- Martin Van Buren (1833–1837)
- Secretary of State
- Martin Van Buren (1829–1831)
- Edward Livingston (1831–1833)
- Louis McLane (1833–1834)
- John Forsyth (1834–1837)
- Secretary of the Treasury
- Samuel D. Ingham (1829–1831)
- Louis McLane (1831–1833)
- William J. Duane (1833 -1833)
- Roger B. Taney (1833–1834)
- Levi Woodbury (1834–1837)
- Secretary of War
- John H. Eaton (1829–1831)
- Lewis Cass (1831–1836)
- Benjamin F. Butler (1836–1837)
- Postmaster General
- William T. Barry (1829–1835)
- Amos Kendall (1835–1837)
- Attorney General
- John M. Berrien (1829–1831)
- Roger B. Taney (1831–1833)
- Benjamin F. Butler (1833–1837)
- Secretary of the Navy
- John Branch (1829–1831)
- Levi Woodbury (1831–1834)
- Mahlon Dickerson (1834-1837)
Consulting Editor: Daniel Feller
Professor Feller is a history professor and the Editor/Director of The Papers of Andrew Jackson at the University of Tennessee. His writing include:
The Jacksonian Promise: America, 1815–1840 (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995)
The Public Lands in Jacksonian Politics (University of Wisconsin Press, 1984)
Presidential Speeches
Below are selections from the Miller Center’s Andrew Jackson speech collection.
Scholarship and Speakers
The Miller Center of Public Affairs is a national nonpartisan center to research, reflect, and report on American government, with special attention to the central role and history of the presidency. Below is a selection of Miller Center resources on Andrew Jackson.
Watch Historian H.W. Brands’s 2005 presentation at the Miller Center on the Life and Times of Andrew Jackson.
Andrew Jackson came to the presidency with experience as a military commander. Learn more about the Miller Center’s National War Powers Commission.
Learn more about the Center’s National Commission on Federal Election Reform and its relationship to Jackson.
Scripps Library Reference Resources
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Information on Andrew Jackson’s Private and Public Papers
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