USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Andrew Jackson blamed his wife’s death on the critics who hit their marriage during the 1828 campaign. Andrew Jackson’s tombstone is etched with three simple words and two dates: “General Andrew Jackson, March 15, 1767–June 8, 1845."

Detailed explanation-2: -Andrew’s response to Rachel’s death was one of shock, devastation, and perpetual mourning. He believed adamantly that his political enemies had precipitated her death. Once he took office, he sought retaliation for his loss. The public response to her death was equally overwhelming.

Detailed explanation-3: -By all accounts, the marriage was a happy one. “General Jackson loved and admired her extravagantly, finding his chief pleasure in her companionship, his greatest reward in her approval, ” Jackson’s niece Emily Donelson later said.

Detailed explanation-4: -At first Jackson and Calhoun seemed to work together more smoothly than Calhoun had with Adams, but that situation was short lived. They disagreed over policy, especially the policy of nullification.

Detailed explanation-5: -Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson was married to Andrew Jackson. When she died before his inauguration as President in 1829, the duties of First Lady fell to her niece, Emily Donelson.