Born:(1767-03-15)March 15, 1767, Waxhaw Settlement between North Carolina and South Carolina, British America
Died:June 8, 1845(1845-06-08) (aged 78), Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Rank:Major general (U.S. Army), , Major general (U.S. Volunteers), , Major general (Tennessee militia)
Unit:South Carolina Militia (1780–81), Tennessee Militia (1792–1821), United States Army (1814–1821)
Party:Democratic (1828–1845)
Awards:Congressional Gold Medal, , Thanks of Congress
Spouse:Rachel Donelson (m. 1794; died 1828)
Children:Andrew Jackson Jr. (adopted)
Allegiance:United States
Occupation:Politician, , lawyer, , general
Preceded by:James White (Delegate from the Southwest Territory)
Appointed by:John Sevier
Battles/wars:See list, American Revolutionary War, Battle of Hanging Rock, , , Creek War, Battle of Talladega, , Battles of Emuckfaw and Enotachopo Creek, , Battle of Horseshoe Bend, , , War of 1812, Battle of Pensacola, , Battle of New Orleans, , , First Seminole War, Capture of St. Marks, , Siege of Fort Barrancas
Succeeded by:William C. C. Claiborne
Resting place:The Hermitage
Branch/service:United States Army
Vice President:John C. Calhoun, (1829–1832), , Vacant (1832–1833)[a], , Martin Van Buren, (1833–1837)
Other politicalaffiliations:Democratic-Republican (before 1825), , Jacksonian (1825–1828)