Jackson, Andrew

(1767-1845) President of the USA (1829-37). A soldier and politician, he repulsed a British attack on New Orleans (1815) and commanded the occupation force in Florida in 1818. His toughness earned him the nickname 'Old Hickory'. A Democrat, he was elected president in 1828 and re-elected in 1832. He expanded the American frontier to the west, and his policy of removing the Indian nations from their homelands reflected the prevailing views of the time.