Understanding today’s powerful presidency means going back to Jackson’s White House reign.

Join us as we search for the lost militia camps of Andrew Jackson, Davey Crockett, and Sam Houston during the Creek Indian Wars of 1813—a key campaign within the War of 1812. Using advanced mapping ...

Andrew Jackson was born 250 years ago this March 15. For much of that quarter-millennium, he was one of the most admired figures in American life.

Jackson’s clan lived with him in the White House. There was Andrew Jackson Jr., a nephew and his adopted son. Andrew Jr. would inherit a huge fortune, but he would die in debt.

Andrew Jackson, who was appointed governor of the Florida Territories, was the first to run, and after a failed attempt in 1824, was elected and reelected in the next two contests.

At least 26 enslaved people died on the Tennessee plantation of President Andrew Jackson between 1804 and the end of the Civil War in 1865. Late last year, with the help of an anonymous donor who ...

Andrew Jackson lay gasping in his bed at home in Tennessee, the lead slugs in his body at long last having their intended effect. It was the spring of 1845 and “Old Hickory”—hero of the ...

Just a month later, he would have to confront Andrew Jackson directly. Jackson had been serving as a federal Indian commissioner when he launched his first effort to remove the Cherokees en masse.

In 2020, the Jackson City Council voted to remove the Andrew Jackson statue in a 5-1 vote. Now, the statue is finally headed elsewhere.

But on Wednesday, the Andrew Jackson Foundation announced a discovery: They believe they have found the slave cemetery at the Hermitage, the home of America’s seventh president.

A cabin for enslaved people at The Hermitage, the home of former President Andrew Jackson, is seen Monday, Dec. 9, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. A cemetery has been discovered on the property which ...