- Andrew and Rachel Jackson did not have any children of their own, but adopted one of Rachel's nephews and gave him the name of Andrew Jackson, Jr.
- The Presidency of Andrew Jackson spanned the period in United States history that encompasses the events of the Jacksonian Era.
- Illustration from John Frost's A Pictorial Biography of Andrew Jackson (1860) depicting 13-year-old Andrew Jackson's refusal to shine the boots of a British officer.
- The one who suffered the most of this was Andrew Jackson’s wife who was accused of being an adulterer and publicly ridiculed by Jackson’s opponents.
- Fast Facts: Andrew Jackson
- Parents: Irish immigrants Andrew Jackson and his wife Elizabeth Hutchinson
- Adopted Children: Andrew Jackson, Jr., Lyncoya, and Andrew Jackson Hutchings
- Discover Andrew Jackson famous and rare quotes. Share Andrew Jackson quotations about country, liberty and feelings. "You are a den of vipers.
- His father, Andrew Jackson, came over from Carrickfergus, on the north coast of Ireland, in 1765. His grandfather, Hugh Jackson, had been a linen-draper.
- For their part, the Whigs claimed to be defending popular liberties against the autocratic Jackson, who was referred to in negative cartoons as “King Andrew I.”
- Andrew Jackson, the seventh President of the United States, is a figure of both admiration and controversy in American history.
- Nicknamed “Old Hickory” after the tough hardwood tree, Andrew Jackson was the seventh president of the United States, in office between 1829 and 1837.