Born: March 15, 1767 - Waxhaw Settlement in South Carolina
Died: June 8, 1845 - at the Hermitage near Nashville, TN
Representative and Senator from Tennessee
Vice Presidents - John C. Calhoun (1829–1832) None (1832–1833) Martin Van Buren (1833–1837)
- Attended an old field school.
- Participated in the battle of Hanging Rock during the Revolution as a boy. He was captured by the British and imprisoned.
- Worked for a time in a saddler's shop and afterward taught school.
- 1787 - Studied law in Salisbury N.C. and was admitted to the bar
- 1788 - Moved to Jonesboro (now TN) and started practice.
- 1788 - Appointed solicitor of the Western district of N.C. which is now the state of Tennessee.
- 1796 - Delegate to the convention to frame a constitution for the new state.
- 12/5/1796 - Sept.1797 - When TN became a state of the union, was elected to the 4th & 5th Congresses.
- Sept. 1797 - April 1798 - Elected Republican Senator.
- Supreme Court judge of TN 1798-1804.
- 1813 - Served in Creek War. Victory in that war gave him Major General of the Army in 1814.
- Elected as a Democrat as the 7th President of the United States in 1828, re-elected in 1832 and served from 3/4/1829 -3/3/1837.
- Interrred in the garden on his estate
President's Park in South Dakota 2005
