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[KellyGoVols@xxxxxxx (KellyGoVols@xxxxxxx)]

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In a message dated 2/27/2003 6:37:54 PM Eastern Standard Time,
jplynch@crosslink.net writes:

> recently made a factual statement and he tore it to pieces.  Granted Tenn.
> >has more to do with Andrew Jackson than the Carolinas.  But he was born in
> >the Carolinas and spent his early life here.  This other gentleman claims
> >that Jackson was born in Tenn.
>

FROM THE ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNIC
Seventh president of the U.S. (1829-37). Born in Waxhaw, S.C., he fought
briefly in the Amer. Revolution near his frontier home, where his family was
killed. He studied law and in 1788 was appointed prosecuting attorney for W
N. Carolina. When the region became the state of Tennessee, he was elected to
the U.S. House of Representatives (1796-97) and Senate (1797-98). He served
on the state supreme court (1798-1804) and in 1802 was elected major general
of the Tennessee militia. When the War of 1812 began, he offered the U.S. the
services of his 50,000-volunteer militia. He was sent to fight the Creek
Indians allied with the British in Mississippi Territory. After a lengthy
battle (1813-14), he defeated them at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. After
capturing Pensacola, Fla., from the British-allied Spanish, he marched
overland to engage the British in Louisiana. A decisive victory at the Battle
of New Orleans made him a national hero, dubbed "Old Hickory" by the press.
After U.S. acquisition of Florida, he was named governor of the territory
(1821). One of four candidates in the 1824 presidential election, he won an
electoral-votes plurality but the House gave the election to J. Q. Adams. In
1828 Jackson defeated Adams after a fierce campaign and became the first
president elected from west of the Appalachian Mtns. His election was
considered a triumph of political democracy. He replaced many federal
officeholders with his supporters, a process that became known as the spoils
system. He pursued a policy of moving Indians westward with the Indian
Removal Acts. He split with his vice president, J. C. Calhoun, over the
nullification movement. His reelection in 1832 was due in part to support for
his anticapitalistic fiscal policies and a controversial veto that affected
the Bank of the U.S. (see Bank War). His popularity continued to build
throughout his presidency. During his tenure a strong Democratic Party
developed that led to a vigorous two-party system.