Andrew Jackson Biography

Soon Jackson was in active service and was actually taken prisoner for a few weeks. Later that year, Jackson lived with relatives and was apprenticed to a saddle maker. Andrew Jackson then taught school but he knew that it was not what he wanted to do with his life. After a few years of studying law and passing the North Carolina Bar Andrew Jackson pursued a career as a lawyer. Jackson was a prosecuting officer for the Superior Court in Nashville. Jackson was soon elected the new state's first congressman since Tennessee was separated from North Carolina and admitted to the Union as the sixteenth state. The next year in 1796 Tennessee legislature elected him a U.S. senator. For one session he held his senatorial seat before resigning to go home and serve sex years as a judge on the Tennessee Supreme Court. Jackson always has a place in his heart for the military and in 1802 was elected major general of the Tennessee militia. This was a very honorable position for Jackson but he was overwhelmed when Tennessee Governor Wille Blount presented him with the rank of major general in 1812. After many campaigns in the Creek War, he was promoted to major general in the army. During this time Andrew Jackson gained the nickname "Old Hickory" because many said he was as tough as hickory. Jackson wanted to pursue his love for politics after making it as a prominent general. He entered the 1824 presidential election. Jackson did not win due to many highly debated decisions. In 1828 Jackson ran again and won. He was now the president of the United States and many said that he was "The people's candidate.".
             Accomplishments after leaving office.
             After Jackson left office in 1836 he remained involved with politics but was preoccupied with financial debts from his adopted son, Andrew Jr. Jackson did find time to remain in the political efforts to support the U.S. annexation of Texas. Jackson's true reasons for supporting the U.