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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.
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* [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]]: Any of his badassery counts.
** His earliest known example was when he was ''twelve years old''. A British officer tried to pay him to shine his boots. Jackson refused. The officer slashed Jackson's face with his sword for his insolence. Jackson still refused to shine the boots.
* [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]]: One of his cabinet secretaries' wives had a checkered past and got a lot of crap for it. Jackson defended her honor and fired
* [[Crowning Moment of Funny]]: It's no secret Jackson loved profanity, and he was good at it too. He was so good at it he learned how to do it in two languages (English and Spanish). Quite possibly the only thing he loved more (other than his wife) was his pet parrot, Pol. Jackson loved that bird so much that Pol was even present at the president's funeral... [[Not in Front of the Parrot|right up until he started swearing. In two languages.]] The bird was unceremoniously removed.
* [[Determinator]]: This man didn't let trivial things like getting shot slow him down, kept up his campaign against the Second Bank Of the United States until it was utterly disgraced, and DID NOT back down on his position that secession was illegal.
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