Andrew Jackson Comments

Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was the
seventh President of the United States (1829–1837). He was
military governor of Florida (1821), commander of the
American forces at the Battle of New Orleans (1815), and
eponym of the era of Jacksonian democracy. A polarizing
figure who dominated American politics in the 1820s and
1830s, his political ambition combined with widening
political participation, shaping the modern Democratic
Party. His legacy is now seen as mixed, as a protector of
popular democracy and individual liberty, checkered by his
support for Indian removal and slavery. Renowned for his
toughness, he was nicknamed “Old Hickory”. As he based
his career in developing Tennessee, Jackson was the first
president primarily associated with the American frontier.
His portrait appears on the U.S. twenty-dollar bill.