Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767–June 8, 1845), one of the founders of the Democratic Party, was the seventh President of the United States, serving from 1829 to 1837. Until his election, every President had either been from Massachusetts or a member of the Virginia plantation elite. Jackson was nicknamed "Old Hickory" and (by American Indians) "Sharp Knife". He was the first president who had lived on the American frontier, and thus the first not primarily associated with one of the original thirteen colonies. Jackson became the symbol of an era in American history—known as the "Age of Jackson" or the "Jacksonian Era"—an era traditionally seen as dominating the years between the War of 1812 and the Civil War. A number of cities are named after him, notably Jacksonville, Florida and Jackson, Mississippi.

Quotes

• "Corporations have neither bodies to kick nor souls to damn."
• "One man with courage makes a majority."
• "It is a damn poor mind indeed which can think of only one way to spell a word."
• "There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses."
• "There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is having lots to do and not doing it."
• "Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error."
• "I know what I am fit for. I can command a body of men in a rough way, but I am not fit to be president."
• "Our federal union. It must be preserved!"
• "Marshall has made his decision. Now let him enforce it."