Andrew Jackson was the seventh president of the United States.  President Jackson was a soldier in the War of 1812 and became known as "Old Hickory" because he was tough.  After the Battle of New Orleans, which was fought after the war was officially over, he became a national hero.

Important events during President Jackson's administration were:

• The first locomotive, "Stourbridge Lion," operated in the United States on August 9, 1829.

• The Delaware River and Chesapeake Bay canal opened on October 17, 1829.

• The population of the United States in 1830 was 13 million people.

• The first warship, Vincennes, to go around the world returned to New York City, on June 8, 1830.

• Nat Turner, a slave from Virginia, led a revolt in August 1831.  He was caught and hanged.

• "America" was first sung publicly on July 4, 1832, in Boston, Massachusetts.

• Vice President John Calhoun resigned on December 28, 1832 because he had been elected to the Senate.

• The first daily newspaper, Sun, was released in New York City on September 3, 1833.

• McCormick's reaper was patented on June 21, 1834.

• Samuel Colt received a patent for his "six-shooter," a revolver, on February 25, 1835.

• Texas declares independence from Mexico on March 1, 1836.

• Arkansas was admitted as the 25th state on January 26, 1837.

• The Wisconsin Territory was organized on July 4, 1836.

• Michigan was admitted as the 26th state on January 26, 1837.

Andrew Jackson was

• the first President to be born in a log cabin.

• the first President to be born in South Carolina.

• the first President to be born west of the Alleghany Mountains.

• the first President to marry a woman who had been divorced.

• the first President to receive most of the popular votes but didn't win the election.

• the second President who was a widower.

• the first presidential candidate named by a national nominating convention.

• the first President to be a resident of a state different than where he was born.

• the first President to ride on a railroad train.