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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
On January 30, 1835, unemployed house painter Richard Lawrence tried to change the course of history with an attempt to assassinate then-President Andrew Jackson. That cold and dreary Friday, Jackson ...
Unlike Donald Trump, Andrew Jackson resisted sycophants
President Trump may think he is President Jackson reincarnated -- but there are lessons in Old Hickory's resistance to ...