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When a House Painter Failed to Assassinate President Andrew Jackson, It Was the First Such Attempt in U.S. Presidential History
Duel pistols were no match for the White House incumbent, who fended off the assailant with his cane on this date in 1835 ...
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‘A Man of Violent Passions’: Andrew Jackson, Along With Trump, Is Back in the Oval Office
The return of the portrait of the seventh president is a reminder of certain resemblances between the two. Jackson's demeanor ...
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Andrew Jackson, 1767–1845
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 ...