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Andrew Jackson March 15, — June 8, was an American politician and lawyer who served as the seventh president of the United States from to Before his presidency , he rose to fame as a general in the U. Army and served in both houses of the U. Jackson's legacy is controversial. He has been praised as an advocate for working Americans and preserving the union of states , and criticized for his racist policies, particularly towards Native Americans.

His political philosophy became the basis for the Democratic Party.

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Jackson was born in the colonial Carolinas before the American Revolutionary War. He became a frontier lawyer and married Rachel Donelson Robards. He briefly served in the U. House of Representatives and the U. Senate , representing Tennessee. After resigning, he served as a justice on the Tennessee Superior Court from until