Alabama’s First President Andrew Jackson 7th President of the United States (1829-1837) Born March 15, 1767 – Died June 8, 1845 At least forty-two locations named for him including Jackson County in Alabama Franklin (163), Washington (142), Jefferson (65), Jackson (61) (Presidential Ratings 1996 5th, 2016-18 17th) Jackson Statue by Clark Mills, 1853, near the White House in Lafayette Square General Andrew Jackson by Thomas Sully, 1824 Presentation by Phil Wirey, updated August 2019 John Donelson Rachel Donelson Captain George Fields John Coffee John Sevier Davy Crockett John C. Calhoun "I know of no great service you have rendered the country except taking a trip with another man's wife.“, John Sevier, 1803 1982 Murray- America’s Chrono- Schlesing- Schlesing- Average Blessing logical President er 1948 er 1962 poll Greatest survey of order poll rank poll rank ranking 846 Presidents? historians 16 Abraham Lincoln 1 1 1 1.0 Wartime President 1 George Washington 2 2 3 2.3 Military General 32 Franklin D. Roosevelt 3 3 2 2.7 Wartime President 28 Woodrow Wilson 4 4 6 4.7 Wartime President 3 Thomas Jefferson 5 5 4 4.7 Vice President 7 Andrew Jackson 6 6 7 6.3 Military General Vice President / 26 Theodore Roosevelt 7 7 5 6.3 Colonel Spanish War 33 Harry S. Truman – 9 8 8.5 Wartime President 2 John Adams 9 10 9 9.3 Vice President 11 James K. Polk 10 8 12 10.0 Wartime President 22, 24 Grover Cleveland 8 11 17 12.0 Governor 6 John Quincy Adams 11 13 16 13.3 Secretary of State 4 James Madison 14 12 14 13.3 Wartime President 5 James Monroe 12 18 15 15.0 Secretary of State Mount Rushmore – Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson, Roosevelt 1920’s Ratings Phil’s Ratings Indian Removal * General Mad George Washington Andrew Jackson George Washington Anthony Wayne Abraham Lincoln Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson Abraham Lincoln Ulysses S. Grant Compact of 1802 Andrew Jackson George Washington Andrew Jackson Theodore Roosevelt Ulysses S. Grant Abraham Lincoln The Long Walk “The removal of the tribes from the territory Mint Julep which they now inhabit...would not only shield them from impending ruin, but promote their welfare and happiness. Experience has clearly demonstrated that in their present state it is impossible to incorporate them in such masses, in any form whatever, into our Calvin Coolidge system.” * Preferred Drinks: Dark Beer, Wine, Champagne, Whiskey, Water Royal Proclamation of 1763 Treaty of Paris Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence (he is the present King of Great-Britain): He has excited domestic Insurrections amongst us, and has endeavored to bring on the Inhabitants of our Frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known Rule of Warfare, is an undistinguished Destruction, of all Ages, Sexes and Conditions. Andrew Jackson’s Homes and Occupations (1767-1845) Homes Waxhaw (NC, SC), Jonesboro, Nashville (TN), Natchez (MS), Pensacola (FL), Melton’s Bluff (Lawrence County), Jackson Hollow (Sheffield) (AL), Washington (DC) Occupations •Saddle Maker, School Teacher, Lawyer •Solicitor of the Western District •Delegate to the Tennessee constitutional convention •U.S. Representative •U.S. Senator as a Democratic-Republican. •Judge of the Tennessee Supreme Court •Governor of Florida •Colonel and General State Militia •General US Army – Southern Division (William Henry Harrison – General Northern Division) •Commissioner to the Indians under William Crawford and John C. Calhoun, from 1814 to 1824 Jackson (called Sharp Knife) was instrumental in negotiating nine out of eleven treaties with the Southern Tribes •Planter, slave owner, merchant, distiller, breeder of racing horses •Fought ?? duels, wounded once in which he killed Charles Dickinson, most famous duel was with John Sevier •Mason, professed no religious affiliation during presidency, Methodist, Presbyterian 7th US President Abraham Lincoln referred to Andrew Jackson’s addresses when planning his own inaugural address. Franklin Delano Roosevelt referred to Jackson as his favorite president and visited Hermitage Watauga Settlement Tri-Cities, Elizabethton, Jonesboro, Rocky Mount (William Cobb – 5th ggf) Early Forts and Settlements East Tennessee Fort Patrick Henry, highlighting Early Settlers of Morgan County, AL Elk Gardens beginning of Colonel (Goodspeed’s 1886 Tennessee Map) John Donelson’s 1779-80 voyage to French Lick (Kingsport to Nashville) Jonesboro White’s Fort - Knoxville Southwest Point - Kingston Craig, Houston’s, Black’s Stations - near Maryville Morristown Governor’s Station – John Sevier’s Home, Marble Springs Native American Attacks on Settlers •One settler killed every 10 days in 1789 •Cumberland area had 62 deaths during 1791-1792 Clinton (orig. Burrsville, •Knoxville reported 71 deaths in 7 months in 1793 renamed for VP George Clinton) •Martha Crawley Massacre, Duck River in 1812, 7 members of Manley family killed, Martha Crawley Sutherland’s Ferry rescued by Tandy Walker, taken to St. Stephens •Fort Mims Massacre in 1813, 514 killed •GeneralSevierville Jackson attacks in October 1813 Little Pigeon River Stephen Heard John Menefee Dr. John Sutherland Captain Joel Wallace and Esther Houston, great aunt of Sam Houston Moytoy I, great-grandfather of Chief Black Fox George Fields alerts Campbell and Black Fox, born 1746 at McCaleb at Campbell’s Station of Eustanali, perhaps on Cherokee activities Eastaunaula Creek flowing Aaron Burleson II, 1784, killed by into Hiwassee River Indians crossing Cane Creek on Clinch River with Daniel Boone Davy Crockett Doublehead’s Massacre, 1793, 13 killed Tennessee River, originally called Basis Meridian runs along Hogohegee, River of the Cherokee, side Maple Hill Cemetery Winchester or Cusatees River, eventually named after Tannassee Cherokee Muscle Shoals Indian Village Campell’s Ferry Hazel Green Coldwater Creek Spring Creek Foxes Creek Huntsville Rose’s Bluff Mallet Creek Hutchings Bluffs, also referred to as Long Bluff Colonel John Donelson’s voyage in the boat Lanes Adventure passes here Springs March 11-12, 1780 Town Creek Chickasaw Caney Creek Old Fields Bear Creek York Bluff (Andrew Jackson 1817) Pathkiller’s Creek Melton’s Bluff Big Nance, Na-Ni, (Andrew George sister to Jackson’s Fields Armstrong Ridge Doublehead Plantation 1816) 44 Mile Tree on Gaines Road Flint Creek Cotaco Creek Camp Coffee surveyed by referred to in Chickasaw Certificate of 7-21-1794 General as Teuchacunda, Tenchacunda, or Tarchecunda Edmund P. Creek, also called Creek of Wild Corn (possibly Fort Deposit Gaines and Home of Major William Russell, from Yuchi tribe, Children of the Sun) possible Gaines Road and Andrew location of Flat Jackson Highway Creeks Crossing Rock on the Little Bear Creek. He was with General William Henry Harrison's army at the Battle of the Thames and Stephen Heard is buried in John Menefee Mobile. Dr. John Sutherland Captain Joel Wallace and Esther Houston Chief Black Fox Captain George Fields John Coffee Map Jonathan Burleson Approved: March 15, 1816 Davy Crockett Surveyors: John Hutchings, Charles Bright John Coffee Revolutionary War Martha Crawley Incident Creek Indian War Major Ridge William Weatherford Release Battle of New Orleans Duals Presidential Elections Death of Rachel Like Jefferson Died in Debt “I have only two regrets, that I never shot Henry Clay or hanged John C. Calhoun.” Major Ridge Henry Clay John Calhoun Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson 1767-1845 Military career (7-0-1) •Courier in Revolutionary War (captured) •Creek Indian War (3-0-1) •War of 1812 (1-0) 7th Military District •First Seminole War (3-0) (George Washington (6-10) - French Indian War (2-2), Revolutionary War (3-6), Washington’s War (1-2)) Presidency, beginning of Jacksonian Period •Won popular vote in elections of 1824, 1828, 1832 •1st populist president and 1st modern president •Began spoils system, liberal use of the veto system, 12 vetoes (10 by first six presidents, 635 by FDR) From James Parton •Survived first presidential attack and assassination attempt Three Volume Set 1860’s •Pushed Indian Removal Act through Congress •Handled the France debt crisis without going to war •Handled the Nullification crisis while keeping South Carolina from succeeding •Headed opposition to the National Bank and Nicholas Biddle due to corruption •Only president to retire the National Debt Transcript of President Andrew Jackson’s 1830 Annual Message to Congress, Subject - Indian Removal 45,000 American Indians were relocated to the West during Jackson's and Van Buren’s administration Key Points: The tribes which occupied the countries now constituting the Eastern States were annihilated or have melted away to make room for the whites. We now propose to acquire the countries occupied by the red men of the South and West by a fair exchange, and, at the expense of the United States, to send them to land where their existence may be prolonged and perhaps made perpetual. The red man … is unwilling to submit to the laws of the States and mingle with their population. To save him from this alternative, or perhaps utter annihilation, the General Government kindly offers him a new home, and proposes to pay the whole expense of his removal and settlement. It puts an end to all possible danger of collision between the authorities of the General and State Governments on account of the Indians. The settlement of the whites .. will incalculably strengthen the southwestern frontier and render the adjacent States strong enough to repel future invasions without remote aid. It will separate the Indians from immediate contact with settlements of whites; free them from the power of the States; enable them to pursue happiness in their own way and under their own rude institutions; will retard the progress of decay, which is lessening their numbers, and perhaps cause them gradually, under the protection of the Government and through the influence of good counsels, to cast off their savage habits and become an interesting, civilized, and Christian community. Andrew Jackson’s Last Words - “Oh, do not cry - be good children and we will all meet in heaven.” When asked if Hannah Jackson Jackson, The c.