Andrew+Jackson

=**Andrew Jackson**= ===Andrew Jackson was elected by popular vote. As President he sought to act as the direct representative of the common man. Born in a backwoods settlement in the Carolinas in 1767 he recieved sporadic education. Jackson propspered sufficiently to buy slaves and build a masion. The Hermitage, near Nashville, He was the first man elected from Tennessee to the House of Representatives, and he served briefly as a senate. Clay and Webster, who had acted as attorneys for the Bank, led the fight for its recharter in Congress. Jackson met head-on the challenge of John C. Calhoun, leader of forces trying to rid themselves of a high protective tariff.===

media type="custom" key="8032660"