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Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson

 Andrew Jackson, seventh president of the United States, was the dominant actor in American politics between Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln. Born to obscure Parents and orphaned in youth, he was the first "self-made man" and the first westerner to come to the White House. Throughout life Jackson was perpetually portraying with violent power upon the power of attitudes hurriedly formed and founded upon inadequate data.

Fortunately, his instincts were apt to be sound, and in numerous most significant examples his violent activity was highly beneficial to his country; but a man of such temperament is ...