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Figure United States leader

Andrew Jackson

1767 CE – 1845 CE · 78 years

The orphaned frontier boy who fought his way to the presidency, crushed a national bank, survived an assassination, and reshaped American democracy — told in his own voice.

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1694 CE – 1778 CE

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1773 CE – 1775 CE

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3000 BCE – still standing

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1706 CE – 1790 CE

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