One must wonder that Andrew Jackson ascended to the highest office in American politics. His beginning was inauspicious. Fatherless before birth, and motherless as an early teen, he fought his way though life as that was his personal mission.
He was by almost all accounts a wild and resolute boy and then man. He gave stubborn people an icon for a model. He put his life at risk, even as a teen, to protect lives of the rebellious soldiers. He did this even to the distraction of his own well being. He stood on principles, the likes of which would condemn him as an abject scoundrel today. He fought duels when personally challenged. He endured gossip and condemnation when he "married" his wife Rachel. Yet, he studied law and eventually could make a legal argument, though as some said, he argued mostly with passion, and not with legal precision.
It seems his new wife, Rachel, exacted upon him a vision for life. Though they spent many years apart, mostly due to his public and military duties, he remained unquestionably faithful to her for their entire lives together. He loved her and she him. She cherished their all too few days together, as did he.
Now, he did change the presidency, as he achieved it in 1828. This did kill his wife by the gravity of the duties. But that is for another day.
He was by almost all accounts a wild and resolute boy and then man. He gave stubborn people an icon for a model. He put his life at risk, even as a teen, to protect lives of the rebellious soldiers. He did this even to the distraction of his own well being. He stood on principles, the likes of which would condemn him as an abject scoundrel today. He fought duels when personally challenged. He endured gossip and condemnation when he "married" his wife Rachel. Yet, he studied law and eventually could make a legal argument, though as some said, he argued mostly with passion, and not with legal precision.
It seems his new wife, Rachel, exacted upon him a vision for life. Though they spent many years apart, mostly due to his public and military duties, he remained unquestionably faithful to her for their entire lives together. He loved her and she him. She cherished their all too few days together, as did he.
Now, he did change the presidency, as he achieved it in 1828. This did kill his wife by the gravity of the duties. But that is for another day.
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