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  Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson (June 15, 1767 – December 22, 1828) was the wife of the 7th President of the United States, Andrew Jackson.
Jackson was devoted to his wife, and once fought a duel to defend her honor.
Rachel was the daughter of the explorer and adventurer John Donelson, co-founder of Nashville, Tennessee.
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Jackson was regarded as a national hero after defeating the British in the 1815 Battle of New Orleans.
Jackson followed Jefferson as a supporter of the ideal of an agricultural republic, and felt the Bank improved the fortunes of an elite circle of commercial and industrial entrepreneurs at the expense of farmers and laborers.
Jackson was responsible for the notorious Indian Removal Act of 1830, and thus the Trail of Tears, in unconstitutional defiance of a Supreme Court ruling.
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 Encyclopedia: Andrew Jackson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Jackson became the symbol of an era in American history—known as the "Age of Jackson" or the "Jacksonian Era"—an era traditionally seen as dominating the years between the War of 1812 and the Civil War.
Jackson was born in a backwoods settlement to Scots-Irish immigrants in the Waxhaw area in the Carolinas, on March 15, 1767.
Jackson saw military service again in what would become known as the First Seminole War, when he was requested by James Monroe in December, 1817 [3] to lead a campaign in Georgia against the Seminole and Creek Indians, and to prevent Spanish Florida from becoming a "refuge for runaway slaves".
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 Andrew Jackson Online Research :: Information about Andrew Jackson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Jackson became the symbol of an era in American historyknown as the "Age of Jackson" or the "Jacksonian Era"an era traditionally seen as dominating the years between the War of 1812 and the American Civil War.
Jackson was born in a backwoods settlement to Scots-Irish immigrants in the Waxhaw, North Carolina in the Carolinas, on March 15, 1767.
Jackson saw military service again in what would become known as the First Seminole War, when he was requested by James Monroe in December, 1817 [3] to lead a campaign in Georgia against the Seminole (tribe) and Creek people Indians, and to prevent Spanish Florida from becoming a "refuge for runaway slaves".
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 Rachel Jackson --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Jackson was born on the western frontier of the Carolinas, an area that was in dispute between North Carolina and South Carolina, and both states have claimed him as a native son.
Although Rachel Donelson Jackson did not live to see her husband, Andrew Jackson, sworn in as the seventh president of the United States, she was one of the earliest politician's wives to be made an issue in a presidential campaign.
Jackson is located on the Pearl River, with New Orleans, La., 171 miles (275 kilometers) to the south and Vicksburg 41 miles (66 kilometers) to the west.
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 juvenile Biography of United States First Lady
Jackson was a lawyer, circuit judge, land speculator, farmer and businessman.  He later moved into politics, was a soldier of national renown especially for his victory over the British at the Battle of New Orleans in 1815.
Emily Donelson had known her husband since birth; West Point graduate and lawyer, A.J. Donelson was the son of Rachel Jackson's brother Samuel, but raised as a son by the Jacksons, his legal guardians upon the death of his father.
Emily Donelson was shocked at what she considered his breach of propriety in raising the subject with her and insulted at his suggestion that her extreme youth had made her easily influenced by the older Cabinet wives.
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 Andrew Jackson - Wikpedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Nicknamed "Old Hickory," Jackson was the first president not born an aristocrat, the first who lived on the American "frontier," and thus the first not primarily associated with one of the original thirteen colonies.
Jackson became the symbol of an era in American history — sometimes called the "Age of Jackson" or the "Jacksonian Era" — an era traditionally seen as dominating the years between the American Revolution and the Civil War.
Jackson's family was of Scots-Irish descent and had preserved tales of the family's suffering under British rule in Ireland.
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 Jackson, Rachel
Rachel, the daughter of Colonel John Donelson, a surveyor, and Rachel Stockley Donelson, enjoyed an excellent education for a woman living on the frontier.
When Rachel was 13 she accompanied her family on a 1,000-mile (1,600-km), four-month trek through the Cherokee Nation to the Tennessee frontier, where the family settled briefly before moving to Kentucky.
As Rachel was reluctantly preparing to move to Washington, D.C., following Andrew's electoral victory in 1828—she said that she “would rather be a door-keeper in the house of God than to live in that palace in Washington”—she died of a heart attack.
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 NTU Info Centre: Andrew Jackson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767–June 8, 1845) was the seventh President of the United States, serving from 1829 to 1837.
Jackson's family was of Scotch-Irish descent and had preserved tales of the family's suffering under Britain rule in Ireland.
However, the terms of the treaty were strictly enforced by Jackson's successor, Martin van Buren, leading to what became known as the "Trail of Tears", which resulted in the deaths of thousands of Cherokees.
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 Andrew Jackson
Jackson became the symbol of an era in American history — sometimes called the "Age of Jackson" or the "Jacksonian Era" — an era traditionally seen as dominating the years between the War of 1812 and the Civil War.
Jackson deeply resented attacks on his wife's honor; he killed Charles Dickinson in a duel over an insult to his wife on May 30, 1806.
In his will, Jackson left his granddaughter several slaves, his two grandsons each one male slave, and his daughter-in-law four female slaves, one of whom he had bought for her and the other three of whom were household servants.
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 Rachel and Andrew Jackson: A Love Story
Lewis Robards signs a bond stating that a marriage between him and Rachel Donelson was "shortly intended to be Solemnized." Following their marriage Rachel and Lewis lived at the home of the widowed Mother Robards in Harrodsburg, Kentucky.
Rachel Robards' brother-in-law, Robert Hays, receives a letter from Lewis Robards, requesting Hays to look after his interests in the distribution of Rachel's father, John Donelson's estate.
An act to allow Lewis Robards to sue for divorce was passed by the legislature of Virginia, Kentucky, still being a part of that state.
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 Biography of Rachel Jackson
Rachel Donelson was married to Captain Lewis Robards when she met Andrew Jackson.
Jackson, too, came in for his fair share of attention as a man who seemingly would steal another man's wife and marry a woman not yet divorced.
After the election, Rachel stated that she did not want to live in the White House; she got her wish, dying of an apparent heart attack.
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 THE PRESIDENT'S LADY: RACHEL DONELSON ROBARDS JACKSON, PART I
Rachel Donelson was born in present-day Halifax County in Virginia on June 15, 1767.
Her father was Col. John Donelson, a well-to-do surveyor and member of the Virginia House of burgesses.
Rachel was one of eleven children, seven boys and four girls.
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 Rachel Jackson
She died of a heart attack 5 days after Jackson was elected President.
However, Rachel and Andrew thought the divorce had been done earlier, and were married in 1791.
Rachel Jackson died on December 22, 1828 in Nashville, Tenn. She was 61..
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 Rachel and Andrew Jackson: A Love Story
Jackson's first husband has been put by biographers of General Jackson.
What the court records of Virginia show with regard to the Robards divorce and Jackson's marriage and great love for his wife.
Jackson's whole public life, like his private life, was marked by a strong purpose to follow his own bent, regardless of the consequences, and he carried his points by the sheer force of his character.
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 MSN Encarta - Multimedia - Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson
MSN Encarta - Multimedia - Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson
Rachel Donelson Robards married Andrew Jackson in 1791.
Two years later the couple discovered that her divorce had just become final, and a second marriage ceremony was performed.
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 First Ladies' Biographical Information
The Donelson family and other families totally about 600 people, were led by her father, transported on 40 flatboats and canoes for almost 1000 miles from Fort Patrick Henry along the Holston River to the Cumberland River and the new settlement of Fort Nashborough, later to be named Nashville.
They continued to make their home there until TK, when they began construction of what would be the first building to later comprise their famous Hermitage plantation.
's detractors claimed he was not fit for the presidency based partially on his professional and personal behavior stemming from the circumstances of the Robards divorce and his marriage.
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 Picture History - "Mrs. Rachel Jackson, Late Consort to Andrew Jackson, President of the United States"
Rachel Jackson, Late Consort to Andrew Jackson, President of the United States"
Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson (1767-1828) was the beloved wife of Andrew Jackson who died the year before he became president.
She was depressed and died of a heart attack after her health was weakened by slanderous accusations of bigamy and adultery.
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 President Andrew JACKSON & Rachel (DONELSON) ROBARDS
According to Roberts, President Andrew JACKSON (Jr.) was born 15 Mar 1767 in the Waxhaws, SC; and his father, Andrew JACKSON, Sr., was born in Carrickfergus, [Northern] Ireland.
Andrew JACKSON, Sr., was in the Waxhaws by 1760/1, where he died ca.
The father of Andrew JACKSON, Sr., was Hugh JACKSON of Carrickfergus (wife unknown), and Hugh's father was Thomas JACKSON (wife unknown) of Ballyregan in Dundonald, co. Down, [Northern] Ireland.
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 Fashion on the Ohio Frontier: 1790-1840
In addition to being a rare example of a surviving textile item produced by the wife of a president, the fabric was also made by hand in an era when manufactured cloth was increasingly replacing homespun textile.
The link between Dawson and the Jacksons is also telling of the emerging importance of the state of Ohio in national politics.
Hammond scourged Andrew Jackson and his Democratic followers while Dawson zealously defended them.
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The crisis was resolved in 1833 with a compromise settlement orchestrated by Whig politician Henry Clay and adopted by a South Carolina convention.
The Removal Act was especially popular in the South, where population growth and the discovery of gold on Cherokee land had increased pressure on tribal lands.
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 Articles - 1828   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
December 3 - U.S. presidential election, 1828: Challenger Andrew Jackson beats incumbent John Quincy Adams and is elected President of the United States.
December 17 - Trial of the case of the body snatchers William Burke and William Hare begins
December 22 - Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson, wife of U.S. President Andrew Jackson (b.
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 1828 Article, 1828 Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
December 3 - U.S. presidential election, 1828 : Challenger Andrew Jackson beats incumbent John QuincyAdams and is elected President of theUnited States.
Urea becomes the first organic compound to be artificially synthesised, by Friedrich Wöhler (see Biochemistry)
December 22 - Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson, wife of President-elect Andrew Jackson (b.
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