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Also Known As Old Hickory
Born March 15, 1767 • South Carolina • (Birthday tomorrow)
Died June 8, 1845 (aged 78) • near Nashville • Tennessee
Title / Office presidency of the United States of America (1829-1837), United States • United States Senate (1797-1798), United States • House of Representatives (1796-1797), United States
Political Affiliation Democratic Party
Awards And Honors Hall of Fame (1910)
Notable Family Members spouse Rachel Jackson
Role In Bank War • Battle of New Orleans • Creek War • First Seminole War • Specie Circular • Battle of Horseshoe Bend • Force Bill • Nullification Crisis • Seminole Wars

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  • Jackson opposed the concept of a national bank but his portrait is displayed on the twenty dollar bill.
  • Andrew Jackson adopted an orphaned Creek Indian boy named Lyncoya.
  • Jackson is the first U.S. president to survive an assassination attempt.
  • Jackson was the first U.S. president born in a log cabin.

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