Description: Portrait of President Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), who was the first man elected president from the West. Before winning the office of the president, Jackson was a war hero in the War of 1812 who successfully pushed Native Americans off their land and defended the city of New Orleans from the British. By the end of Jackson's second term in office, he had forever changed the federal government, making the presidency the most powerful branch of the United States government. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03980
Subjects: Presidents--United States; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
 

Description: Colored lithograph of General Andrew Jackson on horseback, labelled "The Hero of New Orleans." Jackson (1767-1845) was the first man elected president from the West. Before winning the office of president, he was a hero in the War of 1812 who successfully pushed Native Americans off their land and defended the city of New Orleans from the British. By the end of Jackson's second term as president, he had forever changed the federal government, making the presidency the most powerful branch of the United States government. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS3254
Subjects: Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845; Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood; Military officers; Presidents and Politics
Places: New Orleans (Louisiana);
 

Description: A portrait of Major General Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), ca. 1812. Jackson was a lawyer by education, and became one of the wealthiest men in Tennessee. During the War of 1812, he led 2,000 white men against the Creek Indians. He famously defended the city of New Orleans from British attack in 1815, and also contributed to expanding the borders of the United States during the war. He eventually won the U.S. presidency in 1828, an election which ushered in an age of "Jacksonian Democracy." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03979
Subjects: Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845; Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood; Military officers; War of 1812--Campaign; Presidents and Politics
 

Description: Suit, ca. 1825-1830. This man's double-breasted tailcoat-patterned blue wool suit with bone buttons was made and presented by Rachel Donelson (Mrs. Andrew) Jackson to Moses Dawson, a well-known Cincinnati editor of that period. The woolen threads woven in the cloth were spun by Mrs. Jackson at "The Hermitage" from the fleece of her own sheep on a hand spinning wheel. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04901
Subjects: Suits (Clothing); Clothing & dress; Presidents' spouses--United States; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Back view of suit, ca. 1825-1830. This man's double-breasted tailcoat-patterned blue wool suit with bone buttons was made and presented by Rachel Donelson (Mrs. Andrew) Jackson to Moses Dawson, a well-known Cincinnati editor of that period. The woolen threads woven in the cloth were spun by Mrs. Jackson at "The Hermitage" from the fleece of her own sheep on a hand spinning wheel. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04902
Subjects: Suits (Clothing); Clothing & dress; Presidents' spouses--United States; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Side view of suit, ca. 1825-1830. This man's double-breasted tailcoat-patterned blue wool suit with bone buttons was made and presented by Rachel Donelson (Mrs. Andrew) Jackson to Moses Dawson, a well-known Cincinnati editor of that period. The woolen threads woven in the cloth were spun by Mrs. Jackson at "The Hermitage" from the fleece of her own sheep on a hand spinning wheel. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04903
Subjects: Suits (Clothing); Clothing & dress; Presidents' spouses--United States; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Front detail of suit, ca. 1825-1830. This man's double-breasted tailcoat-patterned blue wool suit with bone buttons was made and presented by Rachel Donelson (Mrs. Andrew) Jackson to Moses Dawson, a well-known Cincinnati editor of that period. The woolen threads woven in the cloth were spun by Mrs. Jackson at "The Hermitage" from the fleece of her own sheep on a hand spinning wheel. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04904
Subjects: Suits (Clothing); Clothing & dress; Presidents' spouses--United States; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Back detail of suit, ca. 1825-1830. This man's double-breasted tailcoat-patterned blue wool suit with bone buttons was made and presented by Rachel Donelson (Mrs. Andrew) Jackson to Moses Dawson, a well-known Cincinnati editor of that period. The woolen threads woven in the cloth were spun by Mrs. Jackson at "The Hermitage" from the fleece of her own sheep on a hand spinning wheel. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04905
Subjects: Suits (Clothing); Clothing & dress; Presidents' spouses--United States; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Side detail of suit, ca. 1825-1830. This man's double-breasted tailcoat-patterned blue wool suit with bone buttons was made and presented by Rachel Donelson (Mrs. Andrew) Jackson to Moses Dawson, a well-known Cincinnati editor of that period. The woolen threads woven in the cloth were spun by Mrs. Jackson at "The Hermitage" from the fleece of her own sheep on a hand spinning wheel. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04906
Subjects: Suits (Clothing); Clothing & dress; Presidents' spouses--United States; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)