Andrew Jackson was born in Newmarket, Ontario Canada to an armed forces padre and high school music teacher. As a child, Andrew enjoyed having access to the family music room complete with 20 instruments. He quickly developed an ear for music and sound. The highly talented actor has worked extensively in television, film, classical theatre, commercial voice and animation. Andrew Jackson's strong presence, character range and facility for accents and sounds has enabled him to explore a diverse range of characters and genres.
Member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC).
Andrew plays both piano & trumpet. He has even composed his own piano music.
He can perform over 65 different character voices and accents.
Seventh President of the United States (4 March 1829 - 4 March 1837).
U.S. Senator from Tennessee (1797-1798, 1823-1825).
U.S. Representative from Tennessee (1796-1797).
His face has appeared on the front side of the United States twenty dollar bill since 1928.
He and his wife Rachel Donelson first married in 1792, however they had to remarry two years later when Rachel discovered that she was still legally married to her first husband.
Irish-American.
The first president to have an assassination attempt on his life.
The only president to leave office with a surplus of money in the federal government.
Was one of the founders of the Democratic Party.
His opponents once called him a "jackass" so he adopted that animal as the mascot of the Democratic party.
He very nearly beat his attempted killer to death with his cane. The only reason he didnt is he was restrained from doing so.
Spoke Spanish.
Was known to be extremely defensive of his wife Rachel.
His parents were immigrants from Belfast, Northern Ireland.
After he died, someone asked one of his servants if they thought Andrew Jackson had gone to heaven. To which the servant replied: "If General Jackson wants to go to heaven, whos going to stop him?".
He was the first President not to be born into a wealthy family.
Arkansas and Michigan were added to the Union during his Presidency.
He vetoed more bills than the six Presidents before him combined.
He is seen as the first Populist President who built his policies predominantly around what he felt was the will of the common man, even against the interest of large businesses and institutions, and who made an effort to show the voters that he was like Them in his speech and clothing, a style of campaigning that would be utilized by every Presidential candidate since.
I know what I am fit for. I can command a body of men in a rough way;,but I am not fit to be President.
I have always been afraid of banks.
Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop,thinking and go in.
It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts,of government to their own selfish purposes.
As long as our government is administered for the good of the people,and is regulated by their will; as long as it secures to us the rights,of persons and of property, liberty of conscience and of the press, it,will be worth defending.
Unless you become more watchful in your states and check the spirit of,monopoly and thirst for exclusive privileges you will in the end find,that. . . the control over your dearest interests has passed into the,hands of these corporations.
If the Union is once severed, the line of separation will grow wider and,wider, and the controversies which are now debated and settled in the,halls of legislation will then be tried in fields of battle and,determined by the sword.
Americans are not a perfect people, but we are called to a perfect,mission.
The people are the government, administering it by their agents; they,are the government, the sovereign power.
The great constitutional corrective in the hands of the people against,usurpation of power, or corruption by their agents is the right of,suffrage; and this when used with calmness and deliberation will prove,strong enough.
All the rights secured to the citizens under the Constitution are worth,nothing, and a mere bubble, except guaranteed to them by an independent,and virtuous Judiciary.
The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would,operate with perfect equality.
The safety of the republic being the supreme law, and Texas having,offered us the key to the safety of our country from all foreign,intrigues and diplomacy, I say accept the key. . . and bolt the door at,once.
Our government is founded upon the intelligence of the people. I for one,do not despair of the republic. I have great confidence in the virtue,of the great majority of the people, and I cannot fear the result.
There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is having lots to,do and not doing it.
I weep for the liberty of my country when I see at this early day of its,successful experiment that corruption has been imputed to many members,of the House of Representatives, and the rights of the people have been,bartered for promises of office.
The planter, the farmer, the mechanic, and the laborer. . . form the great,body of the people of the United States, they are the bone and sinew of,the country men who love liberty and desire nothing but equal rights,and equal laws.
You must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing.
There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its,abuses.
Heaven will be no heaven to me if I do not meet my wife there.
Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it,takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without,reservation that he is in error.
I feel in the depths of my soul that it is the highest, most sacred, and,most irreversible part of my obligation to preserve the union of these,states, although it may cost me my life.
Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be,spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms.
Democracy shows not only its power in reforming governments, but in,regenerating a race of men and this is the greatest blessing of free,governments.
The Constitution and the laws are supreme and the Union indissoluble.
I am a Senator against my wishes and feelings, which I regret more than,any other of my life.
It was settled by the Constitution, the laws, and the whole practice of,the government that the entire executive power is vested in the,President of the United States.
In England the judges should have independence to protect the people,against the crown. Here the judges should not be independent of the,people, but be appointed for not more than seven years. The people,would always re-elect the good judges.
Fear not, the people may be deluded for a moment, but cannot be,corrupted.
I cannot consent that my mortal body shall be laid in a repository,prepared for an Emperor or a King my republican feelings and principles,forbid it the simplicity of our system of government forbids it.
Mischief springs from the power which the moneyed interest derives from,a paper currency which they are able to control, from the multitude of,corporations with exclusive privileges. . . which are employed altogether,for their benefit.
Elevate those guns a little lower.
There is nothing that I shudder at more than the idea of a separation of,the Union. Should such an event ever happen, which I fervently pray God,to avert, from that date I view our liberty gone.
War is a blessing compared with national degradation.
Every diminution of the public burdens arising from taxation gives to,individual enterprise increased power and furnishes to all the members,of our happy confederacy new motives for patriotic affection and,support.
I would sincerely regret, and which never shall happen whilst I am in,office, a military guard around the President.
The Bible is the rock on which this Republic rests.
We are beginning a new era in our government. I cannot too strongly urge,the necessity of a rigid economy and an inflexible determination not to,enlarge the income beyond the real necessities of the government.
The brave man inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his,country than the coward who deserts in the hour of danger.
Money is power, and in that government which pays all the public,officers of the states will all political power be substantially,concentrated.
The duty of government is to leave commerce to its own capital and,credit as well as all other branches of business, protecting all in,their legal pursuits, granting exclusive privileges to none.
No one need think that the world can be ruled without blood. The civil,sword shall and must be red and bloody.
Nullification means insurrection and war; and the other states have a,right to put it down.
Mr. Van Buren, your friends may be leaving you but my friends never,leave me.
To the victors belong the spoils.
Disunion by force is treason.
It is an infirmity of our nature to mingle our interests and prejudices with the operation of our reasoning powers, and attribute to the objects of our likes and dislikes qualities they do not possess and effects they can not produce.
Take time to deliberate but when the time for action arrives stop thinking and go in.
One man with courage makes a majority.
One man with courage makes a majority.
There goes a man made by the Lord Almighty and not by his tailor.
Heaven will be no heaven to me if I do not meet my wife there.
To the victors belong the spoils.
Nullification means insurrection and war and the other states have a right to put it down.
War is a blessing compared with national degradation.
The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality.
Our government is founded upon the intelligence of the people. I for one do not despair of the republic. I have great confidence in the virtue of the great majority of the people, and I cannot fear the result.
In England the judges should have independence to protect the people against the crown. Here the judges should not be independent of the people, but be appointed for not more than seven years. The people would always re-elect the good judges.
It was settled by the Constitution, the laws, and the whole practice of the government that the entire executive power is vested in the President of the United States.
Money is power, and in that government which pays all the public officers of the states will all political power be substantially concentrated.
The great constitutional corrective in the hands of the people against usurpation of power, or corruption by their agents is the right of suffrage; and this when used with calmness and deliberation will prove strong enough.
Fear not, the people may be deluded for a moment, but cannot be corrupted.
The planter, the farmer, the mechanic, and the laborer. . . form the great body of the people of the United States, they are the bone and sinew of the country men who love liberty and desire nothing but equal rights and equal laws.
I weep for the liberty of my country when I see at this early day of its successful experiment that corruption has been imputed to many members of the House of Representatives, and the rights of the people have been bartered for promises of office.
It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.
As long as our government is administered for the good of the people, and is regulated by their will; as long as it secures to us the rights of persons and of property, liberty of conscience and of the press, it will be worth defending.
There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses.
The people are the government, administering it by their agents; they are the government, the sovereign power.
I cannot consent that my mortal body shall be laid in a repository prepared for an Emperor or a King my republican feelings and principles forbid it the simplicity of our system of government forbids it.
We are beginning a new era in our government. I cannot too strongly urge the necessity of a rigid economy and an inflexible determination not to enlarge the income beyond the real necessities of the government.
Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms.
The duty of government is to leave commerce to its own capital and credit as well as all other branches of business, protecting all in their legal pursuits, granting exclusive privileges to none. .
