OVERVIEW:

BORN:
March 15, 1767
Waxhaw Settlement, South Carolina

DIED:
June 8, 1845 (age 78)
Nashville, Tennessee

POLITICAL PARTIES:
Democratic-Republican (before 1825)
Jacksonian (1825–1828)
Democratic (1828–1845)

HIGHLIGHTS:
1780-1781:
Fought in the American Revolution
1787:
Admitted to the North Carolina Bar
1788:
Public Prosecutor in Nashville, Tennessee
1791:
Married Rachel Donelson Robards (died 1828)
1794:
Remarried Rachel Donelson Robards (after questions about legality of divorce from her first husband)
1795-1796:
Operated mercantile business in Nashville, Tenn., in partnership with Samuel Donelson
1796:
Elected Delegate to the Tennessee Constitutional Convention
1796-1797:
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee 
1797-1798:
U.S. Senator from Tennessee
1798-1804:
Judge, Tennessee Superior Court 
1802:
Elected Major General, Tennessee Militia 
1804:
Purchased the Hermitage Property near Nashville, Tennessee
1812-1815:
Led troops in Southern Expedition against Indians and British
1814:
Defeated Creek Indians, Battle of Horseshoe Bend
Commissioned major general, U.S. army, and assigned to defend New Orleans, Louisiana
1/8/1815:
Defeated British Forces in the Battle of New Orleans
1818:
Commanded Forces Against Seminole Indians,
Invaded Spanish Territory of Florida
1821:
First Territorial Governor of Florida
1823-1825:
U.S. Senator from Tennessee
1829-1837:
7th President of the United States

SPOUSE/ ACTING FIRST LADIES:

VICE PRESIDENTS:

RESOURCES:

BIOGRAPHIES:
White House
The Hermitage
UVA Miller Center

PAPERS: 
University of Tennessee
Library of Congress
Rotunda/ UVA Press ($)
American Presidency Project (Public Papers)

GENERAL BACKGROUND: 
The Hermitage

RECOMMENDED BOOKS:

1824 ELECTION:

DEMOCRATIC-REPUBLICAN:
ANDREW JACKSON (PRESIDENT)
JOHN C. CALHOUN (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 99 (37.9%)
Popular Vote: 151,271 (41.3%)

DEMOCRATIC-REPUBLICAN:
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (PRESIDENT)
JOHN C. CALHOUN (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 84 (32.2%)
Popular Vote: 113,122 (30.9%)

DEMOCRATIC-REPUBLICAN:
WILLIAM H. CRAWFORD (PRESIDENT)
NATHANIEL MACON (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 41 (15.7%)
Popular Vote: 40,856 (11.2%)

DEMOCRATIC-REPUBLICAN:
HENRY CLAY (PRESIDENT)
NATHAN SANFORD (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 37 (14.2%)
Popular Vote: 47,531 (13.0%)

NOTE:  
John Quincy Adams was elected by the House of Representatives under the requirements of the Twelfth Amendment after none of the presidential candidates received a majority of the electoral votes.

1828 ELECTION:

DEMOCRATIC:
ANDREW JACKSON (PRESIDENT)
JOHN C. CALHOUN (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 178 (68.2%)
Popular Vote: 642,553 (56.1%)

NATIONAL REPUBLICAN:
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (PRESIDENT)
RICHARD RUSH (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 83 (31.8%)
Popular Vote: 500,897 (43.6%)

1832 ELECTION:

DEMOCRATIC:
ANDREW JACKSON (PRESIDENT)
MARTIN VAN BUREN (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 219 (76.0%)
Popular Vote: 701, 780 (54.2%)

NATIONAL REPUBLICAN
HENRY CLAY (PRESIDENT)
JOHN SERGEANT (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 49 (17.0%)
Popular Vote: 484,205 (37.4%)

INDEPENDENT
JOHN FLOYD (PRESIDENT)
HENRY LEE (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 11 (3.8%) 
Popular Vote: 0 (0.0%)

ANTI-MASONIC
WILLIAM WIRT (PRESIDENT)
AMOS ELLMAKER (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 7 (2.4%)
Popular Vote: 100,715 (7.8%)

INAUGURATIONS:

1829 INAUGURATION:
Inaugural Address
Library of Congress
White House Historical Association
Wikipedia

1833 INAUGURATION: 
Inaugural Address
Library of Congress
Wikipedia

JACKSON ADMINISTRATION:

ATTORNEY GENERAL:
John M. Berrien (1829–1831)
Roger B. Taney (1831–1833)
Benjamin F. Butler (1833–1838)

SECRETARY OF THE NAVY:
John Branch (1829–1831)
Levi Woodbury (1831–1834)
Mahlon Dickerson (1834-1837)

POSTMASTER GENERAL:
William T. Barry (1829–1835)
Amos Kendall (1835–1840)

SECRETARY OF STATE:
Martin Van Buren (1829–1831)
Edward Livingston (1831–1833)
Louis McLane (1833–1834)
John Forsyth (1834–1841)

SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY:
Samuel D. Ingham (1829–1831)
Louis McLane (1831–1833)
William J. Duane (1833)
Roger B. Taney (1833–1834)
Levi Woodbury (1834–1837)

SECRETARY OF WAR:
John H. Eaton (1829–1831)
Lewis Cass (1831–1836)

COUNSELORS/ ADVISORS:
Andrew J. Donelson

SUPREME COURT NOMINEES:

John McLean (1829-1861)
Henry Baldwin (1830-1844)
James Wayne (1835-1867)
Roger Taney (1836-1864)
Philip Barbour (1836-1841)
John Catron (1837-1865)

CONGRESS:

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE:
Andrew Stevenson (1827-1834)
John Bell (1834-1835)
James K. Polk (1835-1839)

HISTORIC SITES:

The Hermitage
Museum of the Waxhaws