ANDREW JACKSON March 15, 1767 - June 8, 1845

Our school was named for Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States.

He was born in South Carolina in 1767 and he became a lawyer in Tennessee. He was the first man elected from Tennessee to the House of Representatives and he briefly served in the Senate. He founded the Democratic party.    A major general in the War of 1812, Jackson became a national hero when he defeated the British at New Orleans.  His nickname was "Old Hickory" and he was known as a champion of the common man.  He died at the Hermitage, a mansion he built near Nashville.