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Andrew Jackson
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| March 4, 1824 | In Harrisburg, the Pennsylvania Convention nominates Andy Jackson for President, and Calhoun for Vice-president. Calhoun subsequently withdraws from the race for President to run for Vice-President | Pennsylvania |
| Election of 1824 | ||
| John C. Calhoun | ||
| March 4, 1824 | In Harrisburg, the Pennsylvania Convention nominates Andy Jackson for President, and Calhoun for Vice-president. Calhoun subsequently withdraws from the race for President to run for Vice-President | Pennsylvania |
| Election of 1824 | ||
| John C. Calhoun | ||
| November 3, 1824 | Andrew Jackson defeats John Quincy Adams, William Crawford and Henry Clay in popular and electoral votes in the Presidential election | |
| Election of 1824 | ||
| Henry Clay | ||
| John Quincy Adams | ||
| William H. Crawford | ||
| November 3, 1828 | Andrew Jackson and John C. Calhoun defeat John Quincy Adams and Richard Rush in the Presidential election | |
| John Quincy Adams | ||
| Election of 1828 | ||
| June 8, 1829 | Jackson supporters Isaac Hill and Levi Woodbury ask that the manager of the 2nd National Bank of the United States in Portsmouth, NH, be removed because he is a Whig. Bank President Nicholas Biddle refuses. | |
| May 21, 1832 | Democratic-Republicans hold a convention in Baltimore, nominating Andrew Jackson for President and Martin Van Buren for Vice-President. | Maryland |
| Election of 1832 | ||
| Martin Van Buren | ||
| Democratic Party | ||
| July 10, 1832 | Andrew Jackson vetoes the Second National Bank Renewal Act with a list of economic and constitutional objections | |
| January 30, 1835 | President Andrew Jackson becomes the first President to survive an assassination attempt when the gun wielded by Richard Lawence misfires. | |
| July 11, 1836 | The Specie Circular is issued by Treasury Secretary Levi Woodbury. Jackson and his administration felt it would check the speculation in land purchases that was rampant because of the "war" against the Second Bank of the United States | |
| Specie Circular | ||
| Panic of 1837 | ||
| August 15, 1836 | "Specie Circular" goes into effect | |
| Specie Circular | ||
| Panic of 1837 |
In 1835, a deranged Englishman, Richard Lawrence, attempted the first assassination of a President of the United States. At the funeral for South Carolina Representative Warren R. Davis, Jackson was walking down the steps in the Capitol to the rotunda when Lawrence approached armed with two pistols. After the first pistol misfired Jackson drew a cane and charged his assailant. Lawrence drew a second pistol and it, too, misfired. Lawrence claimed Jackson had killed his father and prevented Lawrence from returning to England to make a claim as rightful heir to the crown. Lawence was adjudacted insane and spent the rest of his life in an asylum.
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