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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-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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His marriage to Rachel Donelson Robards was considered bigamous since her divorce was not officially completed at the time of their wedding. Jackson believed his political opponents' use of this as an issue in the 1828 campaign resulted in her death before his inauguration. He was [[Morality Pet|famously defensive of Rachel]], even [[Berserk Button|going into a duel against a judge that insulted her]].
 
[[Cracked|He was in many duels, number of which varies depending on what source you consult; some say 13, while others rank the number somewhere in the 100's, both of which are entirely too many times for any reasonable human being to stand in front of someone who is trying to kill them with a loaded gun. (source: ''[[Cracked.com]]'', [http://www.cracked.com/article_15895_the-5-most-badass-presidents-all-time.html 5 Badass Presidents]) He stopped when he was voted into office.
 
When Jackson became a senator, one of his foes from his duels was also in the Senate. The man had shot him, and he still had the bullet in his body. He soon got it out and even gave it to the man who shot him as a sort of peace treaty. When ever he'd get hemorrhages in his arm, he'd ask his servants for a razor and a bowl and cut them open to let them bleed out.
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His [[Last Words]] were purported to be ''"I have only two regrets: I didn't shoot Henry Clay, and I didn't hang John C. Calhoun."''
 
[[Cracked|That's right. In a life rich with murdering people for little-to-no reason, [[Cracked.com|Jackson's only regret was that he didn't kill quite enough people.]] People like Calhoun who, remember, [[You Have Failed Me|was Jackson's vice president]]. <s> [[Don't Explain the Joke|The Nullification Crisis of 1832-33, which nearly started the Civil War thirty years early might've had something to do with it]].</s>
 
A [[Brevity Is Wit|one-minute]] biography of the guy can be found [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh1knqnrEkc here].
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* [[Cane Fu]]: As demonstrated when he nearly beat his would-be assassin to death with one.
* [[Crazy Awesome]]: He had a tendency to come off as totally nuts, especially during his badassery. In his most famous duel, he ''allowed his opponent to shoot him first'', knowing the man would shoot quickly and poorly, and have to reload, giving Jackson ample time to carefully aim and kill the man. With a bullet in his chest.
** A bullet which he refused to have removed [[Cracked.com|because he knew that time spent removing the bullet would fall under the category of "time not dueling", Jackson's least favorite category]]
* [[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.
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