Andrew Jackson's tombstone is etched with three simple words and two dates: "General Andrew Jackson, March 15, 1767 -- June 8, 1845." The inscription on the marker for the President's beloved wife ...

The deaths of his family members led to his lifelong distrust of Britain ... The 1828 election was seen as a rematch between John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson; the latter won, in part, because of ...

The Cherokees might even have realized that advantage had it not been for the militia leader they fought under: Andrew Jackson. As a boy in the 1770s, Jackson had listened to stories of Indian ...

Even before he was elected President, Andrew Jackson had been instrumental in forcing Native Americans out of the South. Once in office, he continued this policy at an accelerated pace.

In what is today known as the Trail of Tears, members of the Cherokee Nation were rounded up and transplanted westward by military force in 1838 under Jackson’s successor Martin Van Buren. Legacy In ...

A famous southern magnolia tree thought to have been planted by President Andrew Jackson at the White House nearly 200 years ago is set to be felled next week, President Trump announced Sunday.

Born: March 15, 1767, in Waxhaw, South Carolina... Jackson embodied the ideal of the self-made American man, and his populist appeal lay in his message of inclusion against what he characterized ...

Amid these preservation efforts, the White House had to contend with a southern magnolia tree planted by former President Andrew Jackson. The tree came from Jackson’s home in Tennessee.