Duel pistols were no match for the White House incumbent, who fended off the assailant with his cane on this date in 1835 ...
Andrew Jackson's tombstone is etched with three ... heart failure of some kind or an actual heart attack." Rachel Jackson died four days later on December 22, 1828 -- days before she and her ...
Five years before his death, Jackson continued to inspire commentary. An 1840 article on the occasion of the Silver Jubilee of the Battle of New Orleans opined, “What a wonderful man is Andrew Jackson ...
Died: June 8, 1845. Economic policy cemented Jackson's legacy as a populist. When South Carolina nullified a federal tariff that displeased the state, Jackson threatened to collect the funds at ...