Andrew Jackson
1767 – 1845 American 7th President of the United States
Seventh U.S. president and founder of the Democratic Party.
- Religion
- Presbyterian
- Affiliations
- Democratic Party; a documented Freemason (Grand Master of Tennessee, 1822-1824).
Jackson rose to fame as the victor at the Battle of New Orleans in 1815. As president he signed the Indian Removal Act of 1830, leading to the Trail of Tears, and destroyed the Second Bank of the United States. He expanded presidential power and popular democracy.
In the timeline
- 1798 Andrew Jackson is made a Freemason in Tennessee central figure
- 1828 Andrew Jackson elected President central figure
- 1832 Andrew Jackson vetoes the Bank of the United States central figure
- 1841 Collapse of the Second Bank of the United States mentioned