1767: Born in South Carolina a few days after his father dies
1780: American Revolution spreads to the Carolinas ; Jackson's oldest brother is killed; Jackson and his surviving brother Robert are imprisoned by British soldiers; Robert and mother die of smallpox
1787: Certified to practice law
1792: Marries Rachel Donelson, whose husband, Lewis Robards, had petitioned for divorce in 1791
1793: Robards, who never completed the original divorce proceedings, sues to divorce Rachel Jackson as an adulterer; Andrew and Rachel marry again in 1794
1796: Jackson attends convention where the state of Tennessee is established
1796-97: Serves as Tennessee's first member in the U.S. House of Representatives
1797-98: Serves Tennessee as U.S. senator
1798-1804: Serves as.....
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