Andrew Jackson 1767 - 1845 7th President of the United States
Jackson held an open party at the White House for his first inauguration. Because so many excited frontiersmen showed up and crowded the president, he had to be escorted out of the White House for fear of suffocation.
Essential Facts
Won the Battle of New Orleans, securing control of the Mississippi River for the United States
Was elected as the first president "from the West"
Signed and enforced the Indian Removal Act, sending the Cherokee on the Trail of Tears
Redefined the relationship between the President and Congress by use of the veto
