Birth: The Waxhaws, South Carolina , March 15, 1767

Ancestry: Scotch-Irish

Father: Andrew Jackson

Mother: Elizabeth Hutchinson Jackson

Brothers: Hugh Jackson (1762-1780); Robert Jackson (1765-1780)

Religious Affiliation: Presbyterian

Education: Public Schools; studied law in Salisbury, N.C.

Occupation Before Presidency: Lawyer

Military Service: Judge adocate general of Davidson County militia (ca. 1791); Major General of Tennessee Militia (1802-1812); Major General of United States Army (1814-1821)

Prepresidential Offices: Attorney general of Western District of North Carolina; Delegate to Tennessee State Constitutional Convention; United States congressman; United States Senator; Tennessee Supreme Court Judge; Governor of Florida Territory

Inauguration Age: 61

Occupation After Presidency: Retired

Death: Nashville, Tennessee, June 8, 1845

Place of Burial: The Hermitage, Nashville, Tennessee

Inauguration: March 4, 1829; the Capitol, Washington, D.C.

Vice President: John C. Calhoun (Resigned December 28, 1832)

Secretary of State: Martin Van Buren; Edward Livingston (from May 24, 1831)

Secretary of the Treasury: Samuel D. Ingham; Louis McLane (from August 8, 1831)

Secretary of War: John H. Eaton; Lewis Cass (from August 8, 1831)

Attorney General: John M. Berrien; Roger B. Taney (from July 20, 1831)

Postmaster General: John McLean; William T. Barry (from April 6, 1829)

Secretary of the Navy: John Branch; Levi Woodbury (from May 23, 1831 )

Supreme Court Appointments: John McLean (1829); Henry Baldwin (1830)

Congress #21 (December 7, 1829-March 3, 1831):

Senate: 25 Democrats; 23 National Republicans

House: 139 Democrats; 74 National Republicans

Congress #22 (December 5, 1831-March 2, 1833):

Senate: 24 Democrats; 22 National Republicans; 2 Others

House: 141 Democrats; 58 National Republicans; 14 Others

Inauguration: March 4, 1833; House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.

Vice President: Martin Van Buren

Secretary of State: Edward Livingston; Louis McLane (from May 29, 1833); John Forsyth (from July 1, 1834)

Secretary of the Treasury: Louis McLane; William J. Duane (from June 1, 1833); Roger B. Taney (from September 23, 1833); Levi Woodbury (from July 1, 1834)

Secretary of War: Lewis Cass

Attorney General: Roger B. Taney; Benjamin F. Butler (from November 18, 1833)

Postmaster General: William T. Barry; Amos Kendall (from May 1, 1835)

Secretary of the Navy: Levi Woodbury; Mahlon Dickerson (from June 30, 1834)

Supreme Court Appointments: James M. Wayne (1835); Roger B. Taney, Chief Justice (1836); Philip P. Barbour (1836)

Congress #23 (December 2, 1833-March 3, 1835):

Senate: 26 Democrats; 20 National Republicans; 2 Others

House: 147 Democrats; 53 Anti-Masons; 60 Others

Congress #24 (December 7, 1835-March 3, 1837):

Senate: 26 Democrats; 24 Whigs; 2 Others

House: 145 Democrats; 98 Whigs

States Admitted: Arkansas (1836); Michigan (1837)