1. Andrew Jackson
After studying law and becoming a member of the Bar in North Carolina later he moved to Nashville Tennessee. ... He was elected senator in 1797, but financial problems forced him to resign and return to Tennessee in less than a year. Later he served as a Tennessee superior court judge for six years starting in 1798. ... In 1814 Jackson was a Major General in the Tennessee Militia, here he was ordered to march against the Creek Indians (who were pro-British in the war of 1812). ... In 1822 the Tennessee Legislature nominated Jackson for president and the following year he was elected the U.S. s...
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