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Jackson, Andrew(Old Hickory, King Andrew I)
US general and Democratic politician
Representative from Tennessee 1796-1797
Senator from Tennessee 1797-1798, 1823-1825
justice of Tennessee Superior Court 1798-1804
fought in War of 1812 1812-1815
defeated Creeks at battle of Horseshoe Bend 1814
defeated British at battle of New Orleans 1815
fought in First Seminole War 1817-1818
military governor of Florida territory 1821
chairman of Senate Military Affairs Committee 1823-1825
Democratic-Republican presidential candidate 1824
7th president of US 1829-1837
extended use of spoils system in federal hiring
forced Native American tribes to leave southeastern US and resettle on western reservations, pursuant to Indian Removal Act of 1830
when South Carolina refused to accede to federal tariff laws, denounced South Carolina's Ordinance of Nullification 1832 and asserted federal power to collect import duties in South Carolina by armed force
vetoed bill to recharter of 2nd Bank of US 1832, causing Bank to dissolve upon expiration of existing charter 1836
gave diplomatic recognition to newly independent Republic of Texas 1836
issued Specie Circular 1836, requiring federal lands to be bought only with gold or silver, helping to precipitate Panic of 1837
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