Andrew Jackson (1767-1845 ) I feel much alarmed at the prospect of seeing General Jackson President. He is one the most unfit men I know of for such a place.Thomas Jefferson to Daniel Webster, 1824 NoState TermPartyVice Presidents7th Tennessee 1829-1837 Democratic John C. Calhoun 1829-1832Martin Van Buren 1833-1837 Inaugural Addressess1st 18292nd 1833Annual Messages to Congress18291833183018341831183518321836White House Biography http://www.grolier.com/presidents/ea/bios/07pjack.htmlhttp://www.grolier.com/presidents/ea/bios/07pjack.htmlhttp://www.ipl.org/ref/POTUS/ajackson.htmlhttp://www.ipl.org/ref/POTUS/ajackson.htmlHyperlinked BiographyPortraitThe HermitageOrigin of Democratic Donkey Visiting Jackson's GraveSearch Alta VistaWhere is there a chief magistrate of whom so much evil has been predicted, and from whom so much good has come?Thomas H. Benton - Speech in the Senate January 12, 1837Comments, criticisms, corrections or kudos welcome . . . . Andrew Jackson had a fierce will and sometimes savage temper, both illustrated in the following, in which some background is provided as it illustrates the society Jackson lived in:In 1805 a friend of Jackson's deprecated the manner in which Captain Joseph Ervin had handled a bet with Jackson over a horse race. Ervin's son-in-law, Charles Dickinson became enraged and started quarrelling with Jackson's friend which lead to Jackson becoming involved. Dickinson wrote to Jackson calling him a "coward and an equivicator". The affair continued, with more insults and misunderstandings, until Dickinson published a statement in the Nashville Review in May 1806, calling Jackson a "worthless scoundrel, ... a poltroon and a coward". Jackson challenged Dickinson to a duel very much according to the customs of the time in the south. Dickinson, known as one of the best shots in Tennessee if not the best, had choice of weapons and chose pistols. Dickinson fired the first shot, which broke two of Jackson's...
