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Andrew Jackson Presidential Outline I. Andrew Jackson. A. Birth 1. Born March 15, 1767 in the Waxhaw Region straddling the border between North Carolina and South Carolina. B. Death 1. He Died June 8, 1845 at about 6 p.m. at the Hermitage in Nashville, Tennessee. 2. Jackson’s last years were spent in great discomfort as an effect of his chronic tuberculosis which left him with one working lung, and that one was impaired. He was blind in one eye as an effect of cataracts, diarrhea took all of his strength, and at the end he could no longer lie flat but instead lied propped up on his bed. On June 2, 1845 his doctor performed surgery on his abdomen to release water that had been built up. After that he died six days later of all these ailments. II. Background A. Education 1. Jackson’s mother wanted him to become a Presbyterian minister. 2. From the ages 8-13 he learned the fundamentals and studied the classics under first Dr. William Humphries and then Reverend James White Stephenson. Jackson was not a good student and didn’t want to enter the clergy. 3. Began to study at the New Acquisition School under Robert McCulloch. 4.(1784-1786) Jackson studied law for two years under Spruce McCay 5.Spent