Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) was a Major General in the United
States Army during the War of 1812, and later served as the
seventh president of the United States. He served in the United
States House of Representatives (1796-97) and the United States
Senate (1797, 1823-25), on the Tennessee Supreme Court
(1798-1804), and as the military governor of Florida (1821). As
a general in the Tennessee state militia he defeated the Creek
Indians in 1814, and as a general in the United States Army he
led a force into Spanish Florida during the Seminole War of
1818. During the War of 1812, Jackson was appointed a Major
General and sent to New Orleans to prepare the city's defenses
against an impending British attack. His army of Tennessee and
Kentucky volunteers defeated an invading British force of 7500
men and forced the British to withdraw from the region. The
political future of the "Hero of New Orleans" was secured by
this victory.