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Andrew Jackson
Seventh President
Lived: March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845
Term: 1829-1837
Spouse: Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson

Quote: "Mischief springs from the power which the moneyed interest derives from a paper currency which they are able to control, from the multitude of corporations with exclusive privileges... which are employed altogether for their benefit."

-Won the popular vote in 1824 but did not win a majority of the Electoral votes. Lost the election and claimed a "corrupt bargain" had occured.
-1st Territorial Governor of Florida; Military Governor: March 10, 1821 – November 12, 1821
-United States Senator from Tennessee: September 26, 1797 – April, 1798
-Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's At-Large district: December 4, 1796 – September 26, 1797
-Chairman of the Senate Committee on Military Affairs: 1823 – 1825
-First president primarily associated with the frontier.
-Only president in history to retire the national debt.