Andrew Jackson, former President of the United States

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Jackson was President of the United States and was a Democratic. He served from 1829 to 1837.

He was previously a senator from Tennessee as a Democratic Republican from 1823 to 1825; a senator from Tennessee as a Republican from 1797 to 1799; and the representative for Tennessee’s 1^st congressional district as a Republican from 1795 to 1797.

Photo of President Andrew Jackson [D, 1829-1837]

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@unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo

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President Andrew Jackson

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