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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. [[Buffy
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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* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: The Creek Indians called Jackson "Sharp Knife".
* [[Our Presidents Are Different]]: President Action/Iron/and to the common man, President Personable
* [[Screw the Rules, I Make Them]]: He once famously said "John Marshall has made his ruling, now let him come to the White House and enforce it." This was in response to him enacting the Indian Removal Act, going over the head of John Marshall (then the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court) who had declared that the Indians had rights to their own territory.
** [[Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right]]: International law, military custom and even the Constitution didn't stop him from doing what he thought was right for the country.
* [[Sensitive Guy and Manly Man]]: [[Martin Van Buren]] was the sensitive one.
* [[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.
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