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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Messages and Papers of the Presidents: Andrew Jackson, by Edited by James D. Richardson This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Vol. 2, Part 3, Andrew Jackson, 1st term Author: Edited by James D. Richardson Release Date: January 28, 2004 [EBook #10858] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ANDREW JACKSON *** Produced by Juliet Sutherland, David King, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team MESSAGES AND PAPERS OF THE PRESIDENTS: ANDREW JACKSON March 4, 1829, to March 4, 1833 Edited by James D. Richardson ANDREW JACKSON Andrew Jackson was born in the Waxhaw Settlement, North or South Carolina, on the 15th of March, 1767. He was a son of Andrew Jackson, an Irishman, who emigrated to America in 1765 and died in 1767. The name of his mother was Elizabeth Hutchinson. There is little definite information about the schools that he attended. According to Parton, "He learned to read, to write, and cast accounts--little more." Having taken arms against the British in 1781, he was captured, and afterwards wounded by an officer because he refused to clean the officer's boots. About 1785 he began to study law at Salisbury, N.C. In 1788 removed to Nashville, Tenn., where he began to practice law. About 1791 he married Rachel Robards, originally Rachel Donelson, whose first husband was living and had taken preliminary measures to obtain a divorce, which was legally completed in 1793. The marriage ceremony was again performed in 1794. He was a member of the convention which framed the constitution of Tennessee in 1796, and in the autumn of that year was elected Representative to Congress by the people of Tennessee, which State was then entitled to only one member. Supported Thomas Jefferson in the Presidential election of 1796. In 1797 became a Senator of the United States for the State of Tennessee. Resigned his seat in the Senate in 1798; was a judge of the supreme court of Tennessee from 1798 till 1804. After war had been declared against Great Britain, General Jackson (who several years before had been appointed m
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