In an otherwise excellent column (“Trump’s Echo of 1829,” op-ed, Feb. 27) Karl Rove contends that President Andrew Jackson “presided over the ‘Tariff of Abominations.’” This requires ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Andrew, then thirteen years old, joined the local militia as a patriot courier. At fifteen years of age, Jackson and his other brother, Robert, were captured by the British in 1781. Jackson’s face was ...

Cumberland University history professor Mark Cheathem explained what the "corrupt bargain" in 1824 was and how it impacted Andrew Jackson. Cumberland University history professor Mark Cheathem ...

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 ...

There wasn’t to be any drama Tuesday. Andrew Jackson’s girls saw to that. The defending 2A state basketball champions built an 11-0 lead in the game’s opening two minutes and cruised to a 96 ...

Former Nittany Lions GA Andrew Jackson returns to Happy Valley after four seasons as a West Virginia position coach. The Penn State football program continues to build its 2025 staff, adding ...