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{{quote|''When the 1828 election rolled around, a lot of people were terrified when they heard Andrew "Old Hickory" Jackson was running. If you're wondering how a guy we're calling a bad ass got such a lame nickname, it's because he used to carry a hickory cane around and beat people senseless with it, and if you're wondering why he did that, it's because he was a fucking lunatic.''|'''[[Cracked.com]], [http://www.cracked.com/article_15895_the-5-most-badass-presidents-all-time.html The 5 Most Badass Presidents of All-Time]'''}}
The guy who kicked out the Native Americans, basically.
The guy who kicked out the Native Americans, basically. [[Buffy-Speak|Un-basically]], Andrew Jackson was the seventh president of the United States of America, serving from 1829 to 1837. He was also a living testament to how [[Badass]] a man can be (although [[Theodore Roosevelt]] certainly would argue with that statement).▼
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He was born on the border between North and South Carolina - his birthplace (maybe 30 km south of Charlotte) can be placed at one of two cabins standing scant yards apart, one on each side of the border. His father died before Jackson was born. At the age of 12, Jackson served in the Patriot militia under Col. Davies during the American Revolution. During the war his brothers and himself were captured and confined in disease-ridden quarters that lead to the deaths of his brothers, and of his mother who tended to them when they were sick.
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* [[The Oathbreaker]]: As president, Jackson swore an oath to uphold the supreme law of the land. This includes the Constitution, Supreme Court decisions, and treaties with foreign nations. He ignored a supreme court decision to effectively destroy the Cherokee nation, a sovereign nation with whom the United States had a standing treaty.
* [[Values Dissonance]]: Many who remembered him as great felt quite differently about the Trail of Tears. At the time it almost led to civil war and the Trail of Tears was in part, a solution to prevent a civil war.
* [[What Could Have Been]]:
** During his duel with Charles Dickinson in 1806, Dickinson's shot hit very close to Jackson's heart.
** He would have invaded Cuba had he not gotten sick after the Florida campaign.
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* He is a major character (though not the protagonist) in the [[Trail of Glory]] series by [[Eric Flint]]. Flint has mentioned that Jackson is wonderful to have as a character, since whatever he makes him do, the real-life Jackson did something just as outrageous. The
* Amazingly, he ends up in ''[[Samurai Shodown]] VI''. Not quite identified exactly, but a white-haired American named 'Andrew', in the early 1800s, whose home stage is the [[White House]]...
* Axel and Zexion fused into Andrew Jackson in the webcomic ''[[Ansem Retort]]''. This is possible because Axel is a murderer and Zexion is a politician.
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** The miniseries was delayed as to not overwhelm us with too much badass too soon, but it looks like [http://ansemretort.org/ansemretort/index.html?comic=605 it has begun].
* There is also a musical about him, ''[[Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson]]''
* Jackson appears in [http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=276 these] [[
* He's played by Charlton Heston in the 1953 film ''The President's Lady''.
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