ANDREW JACKSON   1767-1845   Seventh President 1819—1837   Democrat from either North or South Carolina (before boundary line drawn)   Had successful military career defeated British in War of 1812 at Battle of New Orleans (1815)   Fought Creek and Seminole wars became military governor of Florida after Spain ceded it to U.S. in the Adams-Onis Treaty   Won plurality but not majority of popular & electoral votes in 1824 Presidential election   House of Representatives chose John Quincy Adams President   Jackson beat Adams in 1828 took office in 1829   Populist politician first President from outside circle of country’s founders   Introduced “spoils system” giving patronage jobs to political supporters   Enforced Indian Removal Act defying Supreme Court ruling   Indians moved from Southeast to Oklahoma in “Trail of Tears”   Vice-Presidents John C. Calhoun and Martin Van Buren

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