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Born in Waxhaw, South Carolina
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Jackson became an orphan when he was 14
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Marries Rachel Donelson Robards
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Elected to U.S. house of representatives
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Duel
Kills a man in a duel who acused him of cheating in a horse race bet and insulted his wife -
Defeated the british at the battle of New Orleans
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Eleceted U.S. president
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Vetos a bill to renew the charter of the bank of the U.S.
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First American president to experience an assationation attempt
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Dies At his house in Nashville, Tennesse