How did andrew Jackson‘s background differ from that of the president who came before him?
2. With the exception of john Adams and john Quincy Adams of Massachusetts, all of the previous presidents before Jackson were Virginia planters of significant wealth. How did Jackson‘s background differ from that of the president who came before him? Describe Jackson’s early years and what Marszalek calls the “Defining Moment” in his life.
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He came from more modest means, but he was not 'poor.'
Though he could barely read law, he found he knew enough to become a young lawyer on the frontier. Most of the actions grew out of disputed land-claims, or from assaults and battery. He was elected as Tennessee's first Congressman, upon its statehood in the late 1790s, and quickly became a U.S. Senator in 1797 but resigned within a year. In 1798, he was appointed judge on the Tennessee Supreme Court.
Jackson became a colonel in the Tennessee militia, which he had led since the beginning of his military career in 1801.