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Andrew Jackson was born on March 15, 1767, to Andrew and Elizabeth Hutchinson Jackson, Scots-Irish colonists who emigrated from Ireland in 1765. He was born in the Waxhaws region that straddles North Carolina and South Carolina.
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At age 13, he joined a local militia and served as a courier during the Revolutionary War. During the war his older brother died, so did his other brother who died from smallpox. Not long after his brother's death, Jackson's mother died of cholera. At the age of 14, he was orphaned.
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The fight took place on January 8, 1815 when 7,500 British soldiers marched against 4,500 U.S. troops led by General Andrew Jackson. Jackson defeated the British just 30 minutes, halting their plans to attack New Orleans and establishing himself as a national military hero.
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Jackson was the most popular candidate, but lost the election when the House of Representatives chose his opponent, John Quincy Adams. Resulted in Jackson's renomination for the presidency in 1825. It also split the Democratic-Republican Party in two.
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Though Jackson had negotiated treaties and removal policies long before his presidency, historians often lay blame with him for sufferings such as the Trail of Tears, the forced relocation westward of an estimated 15,000 Cherokee Indians.
