Andrew

Jackson

By Andrew Lindner

Basi

cs

• Andrew Jackson was born in

1761 in Waxhaw, South

Carolina.• He was Scottish and Irish.

• At age seventeen Jackson

wanted to become attorney.

Mili

tary

• When he was 13, he and his brothers

joined the local militia. They were

captured by the British. Jackson was

slashed by an officer for refusing to

clean his boots. His brother died in

jail just before his mother got them

from a prisoner exchange. After that

his mother went to be a nurse and

died which left Jackson an orphan.

• Due to slow communications no one

heard about the Treaty of Ghent in

New Orleans. So there was one

more battle with Andrew Jackson

as General. The U.S. win the last

battle.

How

the D

onke

y Sta

rted

• Republicans called him a

“Donkey.”

Cam

paig

n • Jackson’s wife died during his campaign.

• Going for 7 th president.

• He was president from

1829-1837.

Quic

k Fa

cts

• Andrew Jackson was the first

president to pay off the national

debt.• Robert Lawrence failed to

assassinate Andrew Jackson.

• He was the first U.S. President

to represent the Democratic

Party.• He exercised his veto power

twelve times.• He was the first Governor of

Florida.• He was the first person to serve

as a U.S. Representative,

Senator, and President.

The End