Jackson, Andrew
seventh president of the United States, was born March 15, 1767, in Washaw, Lancaster county, S. C., and received English education.
Andrew, like George Washington, fought in the revolutionary war, joining a company of volunteers at the age of fourteen. In 1784 he began the study of law at Salisbury, N.
C., and was soon after appointed Solicitor for that portion of the state now known as Tennessee. In 1791 ne married Mrs. Rachel Robarts, a woman who had been divorced from her husband. In 1795 he was a member of the convention that formed the state constitution of Tennessee, and was elected the first representative of that state in congress. He was soon after elected United States senator, and took his seat in November, 1797. He resigned his seat as senator in 1798, and was elected judge of the supreme court of Tennessee, which position he held until 1804. When the United States declared war against Great Britain in 1812 Jackson entered the army, and in 1814 he received the appointment of major-general. He continued in the army, fighting the British and Indians, until 1818, and then resigned his commission. In 1821 President Monroe appointed him governor of the territory of Florida, and in 1823 he was elected to the United States senate.
In 1824 he was an unsuccessful candidate for the presidency, but successful in 1828, and was inaugurated March 4, 1829. He was re-elected in 1832, and took the oath of office a second time March 4, 1833. At the close of his administration, March 4, 1837, he retired to the Hermitage, in Tennessee, and died on the 8th day of June, 1845. Jackson held office-judicial, political and military-in all about twenty-five years. He died tolerably well off. His famous toast was: Our union-it must be preserved.