From the painting by Thomas Ball. Andrew Jackson was born on the border between North and South Carolina in 1767. When a boy of fourteen, he fought with the patriots at King's Mountain. He was reared in poverty, and in his early life he supported himself by saddle making and by working in the fields. In 1788, he became a lawyer in Tennessee, and by his ability in leadership, he won office after office in the gift of the people. He had no friendship for the English or the Indians, and his career during the war of 1818, and later in the first Seminole War in Florida, aroused popular applause. After his retirement from the Presidency he lived at "The Hermitage" his home in Tennessee, until his death in 1845.
