Today in History 05/30/18

Andrew Jackson circa 1844 (© Library Of Congress/Getty Images)(1806) A future US president kills a man in a duel
Already infamous for his quick temper, Andrew Jackson challenges Charles Dickinson to a duel for publishing an article citing Jackson’s wife’s bigamy. America’s future seventh president takes a bullet that lodges near his heart, and then carefully aims at his foe, fires, and kills him.
Andrew Jackson was an American soldier and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Before being elected to the presidency, Jackson gained fame as a general in the United States Army and served in both houses of Congress. As president, Jackson sought to advance the rights of the “common man” against a “corrupt aristocracy” and to preserve the Union.
Lived: Mar 15, 1767 – Jun 08, 1845 (age 78)
Height: 6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
Spouse: Rachel Jackson (m. 1794 – 1828)
Parties: Democratic Party · Democratic-Republican Party
Vice Presidents: Martin Van Buren · John C. Calhoun
Buried: The Hermitage
Highlights
  • 1794: After the divorce was officially completed, Rachel and Jackson remarried in 1794.

  • 1797: In 1797, the state legislature elected him as U.S. Senator.

  • 1821: After the ratification of the Adams–Onís Treaty in 1821, Jackson briefly served as the territorial Governor of Florida before returning to Tennessee.

  • 1832: Van Buren continued to serve as an important adviser to Jackson and was placed on the ticket for vice president in the 1832 election, making him Jackson’s heir-apparent.

  • 1832: On December 28, 1832, with less than two months remaining in his term, Calhoun resigned as vice president to become a U.S. Senator for South Carolina.

  • 1845: Jackson died at his plantation on June 8, 1845, at the age of 78, of chronic dropsy and heart failure.

78-year-old Andrew Jackson
78-year-old Andrew Jackson
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(1806) A future US president kills a man in a duel.
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