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1796 |
Andrew Jackson was elected as Tennessee’s 1st congressman. Links: USA, Tennessee, JacksonA 
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1815 1848 |
This period in US history was later covered in the book “Waking Giant: American in the Age of Jackson” (2008), by David S. Reynolds. Links: USA, JacksonA
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1816 |
The Second Bank of the US was chartered. It over-lent wildly and then called in its money sparking financial panic. Pres. Jackson ended its special status in 1836. Links: USA, Money, JacksonA, Banking
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1829 Mar 4 |
An unruly crowd mobbed the White House during the inaugural reception for President Jackson, the 7th US President. The event was later depicted by artist Louis S. Glanzman in his painting “Andrew Jackson’s Inauguration” (1970). Links: USA, DC, JacksonA
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1830 |
Pres. Andrew Jackson forced Thomas L. McKenney from his job as the 1st US superintendent of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Jackson disagreed with McKenney’s opinion that “the Indian was, in his intellectual and moral structure, our equal.” Links: USA, AmerIndian, JacksonA
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1830 |
Pres. Jackson named Roger Brooke Taney as US Attorney General. Links: USA, JacksonA
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1832 Jul 10 |
President Andrew Jackson vetoed legislation to re-charter the Second Bank of the United States. Links: USA, Money, JacksonA, Banking
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1832 Dec 5 |
Andrew Jackson was re-elected US president and became the 1st president to win an election in which the turnout exceeded 50%. The US anti-Mason Party with William Wirt drew 8% of the vote against Henry Clay and the eventual winner, Andrew Jackson. Clay led the Whig Party which coalesced against the power of Andrew Jackson. The Whigs came from the conservative, nationalist wing of the Jeffersonian Republicans. The election served as a referendum on Jackson’s position against the 2nd Bank of the US. Links: USA, Money, JacksonA, Banking
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1834 Mar 28 |
The US Senate voted to censure Pres. Jackson for the removal of federal deposits from the Bank of the United States. The Senate declared that Pres. Andrew Jackson: "in the last executive proceedings in relation to the public revenue, has assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred by the constitution and laws, but in derogation of both." Links: USA, Money, JacksonA, Banking
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1836 Jul 11 |
Pres. Jackson, alarmed by the growing influx of state bank notes being used to pay for public land purchases, issued the Specie Circular shortly before leaving office. This order commanded the Treasury to no longer accept paper notes as payment for such sales. This led to the financial panic of 1837. Links: USA, Money, JacksonA, Banking
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1845 Jun 8 |
Andrew Jackson, 7th president of the US, died in Nashville, Tenn. His health had deteriorated over the last 30 years and in 1999 scientists cited lead poisoning from an 1813 wound as the primary cause of his health problems. In 1945 Arthur Schlesinger Jr. authored “The Age of Jackson,” for which he won a Pulitzer Prize. Dr. Robert Remini later authored a 3-volume biography. In 2005 H.W. Brands authored “Andrew Jackson: A Life and Times.” In 2008 Jon Meacham authored “American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the white House.” Links: USA, Tennessee, Biography, JacksonA
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2008 Aug 14 |
The US Mint planned to issue the Jackson dollar coin, the 7th of its presidential dollar series. Links: USA, Money, JacksonA
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