Jackson andrew p biography
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JACKSON, Andrew
Alabama Department of Archives and History
Montgomery, AL
Papers:In Horsehoe Bend National Military Park papers, 1813-[ca. 1820]; Governor's administrative files, 1835-1837; James Dellet papers, 1775-ca. 1870; John Coffee papers, 1797-1887; John McKee letters, 1818-1828; and 1 letter (1814) from George Phillips.
Boston Public Library
Boston, MA
Papers:30 items. Finding aid.
Brooklyn Historical Society
Brooklyn, NY
Papers:1815-1845. 10 items. Personal correspondence, political and business papers. Includes announcement of his visit to Brooklyn and 5 letters regarding funeral arrangements. Finding aid.
Chicago Historical Society
Chicago, IL
Papers:1786-1853. Ca. 1,100 items. Correspondence, business and financial records, commissions, patents, military papers, and papers relating to his business, real estate, and political careers. Finding aid.
Cincinnati Historical Society
Cincinnati, OH
Papers:Correspondence in Abraham R. Johnston papers, 1
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Presidency of Andrew Jackson
U.S. presidential administration from 1829 to 1837
"Age of Jackson" redirects here. For the pris Prize-winning book about this topic, see Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.
The presidency of Andrew Jackson began on March 4, 1829, when Andrew Jackson was inaugurated as 7th President of the United States, and ended on March 4, 1837. Jackson took office after defeating incumbent President John Quincy Adams in the bitterly contested 1828 presidential election. During the 1828 presidential campaign, Jackson founded the political force that coalesced into the Democratic Party during Jackson's presidency. Jackson won re-election in 1832, defeating National Republican candidate Henry Clay by a wide margin. He was succeeded bygd his hand-picked successor, Vice PresidentMartin Van Buren, after Van Buren won the 1836 presidential election.
Jackson's presidency saw several important developments in domestic policy. A strong supporter of the removal of Native Ameri
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Background
Professor Jackson is a Programme Leader at the MRC Human Genetics Unit, University of Edinburgh. He is also an honorary consultant in Clinical Genetics. He was elected as a fellow of the Royal Society in 2020, as a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2014, and as a member of EMBO in 2013. He trained in Medicine in Newcastle, graduating BMedSci in 1990 and MBBS in 1993. His clinical and research postgraduate training was in Newcastle, Leeds and Sheffield, with his PhD undertaken in the laboratory of Prof Geoff Woods on the molecular basis of primary microcephaly.
Over the past 15 years his research has focussed on the identification of genes for inherited neurological disorders and in defining the functional role of the proteins they encode. The Jackson lab has discovered over 20 human disease genes acting in growth and inflammation, all involved in fundamental cellular processes. From a starting point of human diseas