Andrew, then thirteen years old, joined the local militia as a patriot courier. At fifteen years of age, Jackson and his other brother, Robert, were captured by the British in 1781. Jackson’s face was ...

Born: March 15, 1767, in Waxhaw, South Carolina... Jackson embodied the ideal of the self-made American man, and his populist appeal lay in his message of inclusion against what he characterized ...

Andrew Jackson was the first president to defy the US supreme court. The question is whether Donald Trump will take a leaf ...

Cumberland University history professor Mark Cheathem provided a brief overview of the early months of President Andrew Jackson's first term in 1829.

Brig. Gen. Steven Turner, Tennessee’s assistant adjutant general-Army, placed a wreath at former President Andrew Jackson’s ...

In an otherwise excellent column (“Trump’s Echo of 1829,” op-ed, Feb. 27) Karl Rove contends that President Andrew Jackson “presided over the ‘Tariff of Abominations.’” This requires ...

Cumberland University history professor Mark Cheathem explained the Petticoat Affair and how it impacted President Andrew Jackson's cabinet. Cumberland University history professor Mark Cheathem ...

Coach Sheffield said for the first time in Andrew Jackson softball history, three players received scholarships in one year.

Young was Georgia’s first Black congressional representative in more than a century; former United Nations Ambassador; 53rd Atlanta mayor.