Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson was a rugged individualist who enjoyed gambling and racehorses. The son of poor Scotch-Irish immigrants, he grew up on the frontier of the Carolinas among people who were ready to fight at any time to defend their honor. Quick to fight and never willing to give up easily, Jackson was a natural soldier. He served in the Revolutionary War at the age of 13, and was held prisoner by the British for a brief time. He won fame as an Indian fighter and as a general in the War of 1812, and was nicknamed "Old Hickory" by his fellow soldiers because of his toughness.

Chronology of Andrew Jackson's Life and Career
March 15, 1767	Born in Waxhaw settlement, on the border between North and South Carolina.
1780	Joined the mounted militia of South Carolina.
1783	Taught school for a short time near Waxhaw.
1787	Admitted to the bar.
1788	Appointed Solicitor for the region that now forms Tennessee.
August 1791	Married Mrs. Rachel Donelson Robards.
January 17, 1794	Remarried Mrs. Robards.
1796	Bought the Hermitage and Hunter's Hill.
1796	Served as a delegate to the Tennessee State Constitutional Convention.
1796	Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
1797	Appointed to the U.S. Senate.
1798	Elected to the Tennessee Supreme Court.
1805	Established a general store at Clover Bottom, Tennessee.
1806	Killed Charles Dickinson in a duel.
1813	Led 2,500 Tennessee militiamen to and from Natchez, Mississippi.
March 27, 1814	Defeated the Creek Indians in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.
1814	Captured Pensacola in Spanish Florida.
January 8, 1815	Defeated the British in the Battle of New Orleans.
1817	Defeated the Seminole Indians of Florida.
1821	Appointed Provisional Governor of Florida.
1823	Elected to the U.S. Senate.
1824	Defeated for President by John Quincy Adams.
1828	Elected President of the United States.
1832	Re-elected President.
June 8, 1845	Died at the Hermitage.