Inside The Attempted Assassination Of Andrew Jackson
When Richard Lawrence tried to assassinate Andrew Jackson in 1835, he failed in spectacular fashion — then Jackson fought back.Andrew Jackson once declared: “I was born for the storm; calm does not suit me.”
Throughout his life, Jackson was no stranger to close calls. The scrappy president from Tennessee had been a boy when the Revolutionary War broke out, and he cut his teeth fighting against the British. When he was captured in 1781, a British soldier slashed him for refusing to shine his boots, giving Jackson scars on his hand and face.
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