Andrew Jackson | by William Garrott Brown
Biography of the late president Andrew Jackson
| Title | Andrew Jackson |
| Author | William Garrott Brown |
| Publisher | Houghton, Mifflin And Company |
| Year | 1900 |
| Copyright | 1900, William Garrott Brown |
| Amazon | Andrew Jackson |
Chapter I. The Waxhaws And The Wilderness- In Lafayette Square, which fronts the White House at Washington, there is an equestrian statue of a very thin, long-headed old man whose most striking physical characteristics are the firm chin and li...
- The Waxhaws And The Wilderness. Part 2
- When this pleasing fact is stated, one's thoughts turn naturally to his widowed mother, as to the most natural source of such an excellence in the son. All we know of her does indeed indicate that her...
- The Waxhaws And The Wilderness. Part 3
- It was well for a widow in that wild country if she could procure men boarders, even though she might not need to take boarders for a living; for every household needed men to protect it from th...
- Chapter II. Congress. The Bench. The Militia
- In 1796 Jackson took his seat as a member of the convention called to frame a constitution for the State of Tennessee. He thus entered on a brief career of public service, in the course of which he he...
- Congress. The Bench. The Militia. Part 2
- But he had years to live before it was made plain to him what his career should be ; and during those years, from 1804 to 1813, his energies were given chiefly to planting and business. His affairs ha...
- Congress. The Bench. The Militia. Part 3
- But if Jackson was a terrible enemy, he was also the most faithful of friends. Many men feared and hated him; many also loved him, and he himself would go as far to help a friend as to crush an enemy....
- Congress. The Bench. The Militia. Part 4
- It is said, indeed, that Jackson was twice recommended to President Madison for a commission in the regular army, and twice rejected. Many years later, Thomas H. Benton told in Congress how he himself...
- Chapter III. Tohopeka And Pensacola
- The call that now came to Jackson was chiefly due to a very picturesque character of the times : the man who is said to have been the only rival of Burr and Jackson in the impression he made upon all ...
- Tohopeka And Pensacola. Part 2
- The next blow was struck at Talladega, thirty miles below Fort Strother, where a body of friendly Indians were besieged by a larger body of Red Sticks. Relying on General White, who was in the neighbo...
- Tohopeka And Pensacola. Part 3
- Tohopeka broke down the organized resistance of the Indians. When Jackson, a few days later, turned southward, he was able to march on to the Hickory Ground without fighting another battle. The Red St...
- Chapter IV. New Orleans
- A glance at the map will give the reader some idea of the doubts that must have beset Jackson concerniug the point at which the enemy would probably attack New Orleans. The island on which the city st...
- New Orleans. Continued
- Pakenham's first concern was to get rid of the Carolina and the Louisiana. Heavy guns were with great labor hauled from the fleet, and on December 27 the Carolina's crew were forced to abandon her, an...
- Chapter V. The Seminoles And The Politicians
- For three years General Jackson was mainly occupied with the duties of a military officer in time of peace ; but he was also employed to make treaties with several Indian tribes, and won another royal...
- The Seminoles And The Politicians. Part 2
- For henceforth Jackson was to be a great figure not in warfare but in politics. His military career was practically ended. He kept his commission until July, 1821, but from this time he fought no more...
- The Seminoles And The Politicians. Part 3
- It seems clear that Jackson honestly meant to spend the rest of his days at the Hermitage. His friend Eaton, a Senator from Tennessee, had already written his life down to New Orleans, and probably he...
- The Seminoles And The Politicians. Part 4
- Under the Constitution, the House of Representatives had now to choose a President from the three leading candidates. Clay was Speaker, and had great influence over the House, but his own name had to ...
- The Seminoles And The Politicians. Part 5
- It is probable that so far as Adams and Jackson differed on questions of principle and policy, a majority of the people were with Jackson. But it is also clear that the campaign was fought out as a so...
- Chapter VI. The White House
- March 4,1829, Andrew Jackson became President of the United States. A great crowd of strange-looking men went to see him inaugurated. They really seem to think, wrote Webster, that the country has...
- The White House. Part 2
- Jackson did not treat his Cabinet as other Presidents had treated theirs. He had a soldier's idea of organization, and did not think it necessary to consult the Cabinet members about all the measures ...
- The White House. Part 3
- On the question of internal improvements Jackson soon took a stand entirely pleasing to the opponents of the system. In his first message to Congress he declared against it, and when Congress passed a...
- The White House. Part 4
- Having by this time broken utterly with Calhoun, he desired to rid himself of those cabinet members who were Calhoun's friends, and to that end took the bold and unexampled step of changing his cabine...
- The White House. Part 5
- Moreover, the opposition was divided. A party bitterly opposed to Free Masonry had sprung into existence, and Jackson was a Mason. But the Anti-Masons, instead of supporting Clay, nominated a third ca...
- The White House. Part 6
- The session closed with nothing done for the Bank, and nothing ever was done for it. When its charter expired in 1836, it got another from Pennsylvania, and kept going for some years. But Jackson had ...
