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was unforgettable as a politician and as an individual. His back-country upbringing brought him grit and stamina unattainable to many upper-class Easterners. Known as the "Old Hero," his military triumphs brought him praise throughout America ....

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... interested in warlike activities. Other factors contributed to his irritability, such as "the big itch" (a skin disease he had in youth). Also, he tended to slobber, which made him humiliated and extremely sensitive to criticism. All these childhood factors added up and left Andrew Jackson as a touchy, irascible man. As the oldest man ever elected to the presidency, he was sixty-one and perhaps the most unhealthy. He had two bullets permanently lodged in him, and often spat up blood because of them. Many missions of Andrew Jackson's were self-righteous and stubborn. By his victory at the Battle of New Orleans, where he killed many N ...