School employees "didn't just wait for a change. They delivered it," Superintendent Christopher Bernier said of people who worked to raise grades.

Join us as we search for the lost militia camps of Andrew Jackson, Davey Crockett, and Sam Houston during the Creek Indian Wars of 1813—a key campaign within the War of 1812. Using advanced mapping ...

Understanding today’s powerful presidency means going back to Jackson’s White House reign.

Andrew Jackson was born 250 years ago this March 15. For much of that quarter-millennium, he was one of the most admired figures in American life.

A York County, South Carolina, developer plans for a hotel with private restaurant and speakeasy in the former Andrew Jackson Hotel in downtown Rock Hill.

Andrew Jackson lay gasping in his bed at home in Tennessee, the lead slugs in his body at long last having their intended effect. It was the spring of 1845 and “Old Hickory”—hero of the ...

A cabin for enslaved people at The Hermitage, the home of former President Andrew Jackson, is seen Monday, Dec. 9, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. A cemetery has been discovered on the property which ...

The portrait of President Andrew Jackson has recently made a comeback in the Oval Office. “Old Hickory” – Jackson’s nickname – has long been a favorite of President Donald Trump. And ...

andrew-jackson.gif. Of course, no matter how popular a president is, there are always those eager to take him down. In 1835, Jackson was leaving the Capitol building when a demented misanthrope ...

Andrew Jackson, who was appointed governor of the Florida Territories, was the first to run, and after a failed attempt in 1824, was elected and reelected in the next two contests.

At least 26 enslaved people died on the Tennessee plantation of President Andrew Jackson between 1804 and the end of the Civil War in 1865. Late last year, with the help of an anonymous donor who ...