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Old January 27th 09, 01:17 AM posted to rec.collecting.coins
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Default Which is the ugliest Prezbuck so far?

IMO, they are all pretty bad but the worst yet is Andrew Jackson.
He looks like he accidently **** himself.
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Old January 27th 09, 02:49 AM posted to rec.collecting.coins
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Default Which is the ugliest Prezbuck so far?


"RWF" wrote in message
...

IMO, they are all pretty bad but the worst yet is Andrew Jackson.
He looks like he accidently **** himself.


Hello

There is and actual photo of Andrew Jackon on the link
shown below. He contracts and live through smallpox.

(ACTUAL PHOTO IMAGE)
1844 or 1845 Daguereotype shows Jackson's frail health.
http://www.thehermitage.com/index.ph...1&limitstart=5


TIMELINE

1767, March 15: Born, Waxhaw settlement,
South Carolina.

1775-1780: Attends schools conducted by Dr.
William Humphries and James White Stephenson.

1780-1781: Serves in American Revolution;
captured and wounded by British officer;
imprisoned in Camden and later released;

contracts smallpox.

1781: Death of mother, Elizabeth Hutchinson Jackson.

1782: Attends school conducted by Robert McColluch

1783-1784: Teaches school in Waxhaws.

1784-1786: Moves to Salisbury, North Carolina, and
reads law with Spruce McCay.

1786-1787: Reads Law with John Stokes.

1787, September 26: Licensed as an attorney in
North Carolina; practices laws and tends store.

1788: Appointed public prosecutor for Western
District of North Carolina and migrates west;
fights first duel with Waightsill Avery; settles
in Nashville.

1790-1791: Supposedly marries Rachel Donelson
Robards in Natchez.

1791, February 15: Appointed Attorney General
for the Mero District

1794, January 18 : Remarries Rachel Donelson
Robards in Nashville.

1796, Jan.-Feb.: Participates in Tennessee
Constitutional Convention.

1796, October 22: Elected to U.S. House of
Representatives.

1797, September 26: Elected to U.S. Senate.

1798: Resigns Senate seat.

1798, December 20: Elected Judge of
Tennessee Superior Court.

1802, February 5: Elected Major General of
Tennessee Militia.

1804, April: Forms business partnership with
John Coffee and John Hutchings.

1804, July 4: Purchases The Hermitage.

1804, July 24: Resigns as judge.

1805-1807: Participates in Burr Conspiracy.

1806, May 30: Kills Charles Dickinson in a duel.

1809: Adopts son of Elizabeth and Severn Donelson
naming him Andrew Jackson, Jr.

1812-1815: Leads troops against Indians and British.

1813, March: Nicknamed Old Hickory.

1813, September 4: Wounded in gunfight with
Jesse and Thomas Hart Benton.

1813, November 3: Adopts Creek Indian named "Lyncoya."

1814, March 17: Defeats Creek Indians at the
Battle of Horseshoe Bend.

1814, August 9: Imposes Treaty of Fort Jackson
on the Creek Nation.

1814, November 17: Captures Pensacola from Spanish.

1814, December 1: Arrives in New Orleans.

1815, January 8: Defeats British advance toward
New Orleans.

1815, March 31: Fined for contempt of court.

1816-1818: Signs treaties with Indian tribes.

1818, March 15: Invades Spanish Florida.

1818, April 6: Captures St. Marks.

1818, April 29: Orders execution of Robert
Ambrister and Alexander Arbuthnot.

1818, May 24: Captures Pensacola.

1819, February 28: Congressional censure for
invasion of Florida rejected.

1821: Brick Hermitage mansion completed.

1821: Appointed and confirmed governor of Florida
Territory.

1821, June 1 : Resigns army commission.

1821, July 17: Receives Florida from Spanish.

1821, November 13: Resigns as Florida governor.

1822, July 20: Nominated for President by Tennessee
Legislature.

1823, October 1: Elected U.S. Senator.

1823-1824: Donates funds and land for the Hermitage Church.

1825, February 9: Defeated for President in House Election.

1825, February 14: Accuses Henry Clay and John Quincy
Adams of corrupt bargain to win the presidency in
House election.

1825, May 5: Entertains Lafayette at The Hermitage.

1825, October 12: Resigns Senate seat.

1825, October 14: Nominated for President by Tennessee
Legislature.

1828, June 1: Death of Lyncoya.

1828, November : Elected President.

1828, December 22: Death of Rachel Jackson.

1829, March 4: Inaugurated seventh President.

1830, April 13: Attends Jefferson birthday dinner and
makes toast"Our federal union, it must be preserved."

1830, May 27: Vetoes Maysville Road bill.

1830, May 28: Signs Indian Removal bill.

1830, June : Exercises first pocket veto.

1830, October: Assists in establishment of Washington Globe.

1830, October 5: Reopens American ports to British West
Indian trade.

1831, April: Accepts cabinet resignations and appoints new cabinet.

1831, November 24: Andrew Jackson, Jr. and Sarah Yorke marry.

1832, January: Operated on to remove bullet from Benton gunfight.

1832, March 27: Accused of maintaining a "Kitchen Cabinet".

1832, July 10: Vetoes recharter of Second U.S. Bank.

1832, July 14: Signs Tariff of 1832.

1832, November 1: Granddaughter Rachel Jackson born.

1832, November: Reelected President.

1832, December 10: Issues Proclamation to the people of
South Carolina on Nullification.

1833, March 2: Signs Force Bill and Compromise Tariff
resolving Nullification Crisis in South Carolina.

1833, March 4: Pocket vetoes Distribution Bill.

1833, March 4: Inaugurated for second term.

1833, May 6: Injured in assault by Robert B. Randolph.

1833, June-July: Tours New England and Middle Atlantic states.

1833, September 23: Dismisses Treasury Secretary William J.
Duane for refusal to remove deposits from Second U.S. Bank.
Censured by Senate for actions against Bank.

1834, March 28: Censured by Senate.

1834, April 4: Grandson, Andrew Jackson III, is born.

1834, April 15: Protests censure by Senate.

1834, May: Threatens action against France.

1834, June 30: Signs Coinage Act.

1834, October 13: Hermitage mansion damaged by fire.

1835, January: Announces nation is free of debt.

...


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Old January 27th 09, 02:56 AM posted to rec.collecting.coins
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Default Which is the ugliest Prezbuck so far?



"RWF" wrote in message
...

IMO, they are all pretty bad but the worst yet is Andrew Jackson.
He looks like he accidently **** himself.



Hello again.

The rest of the TIMELINE. I overlook it.

----------------------------------------------------

1835, January 30: Escapes assassination attempt.

1835, May 29: Refuses to apologize to France
for threats.

1835, December 18: Second Seminole War begins.

1835, December 28: Nominates Roger B. Taney
for Chief Justice.

1836, February: Crisis with France resolved.

1836, June 23: Signs Deposit Bill.

1836, July 2: Signs Post Office Bill.

1836, July 11: Issues Specie Circular.

1836, August 2: Hermitage rebuilding completed.

1836, November 19: Suffers severe hemorrhage attack.

1837, January 16: Senate censure expunged from records.

1837, March 3: Recognizes Texas' independence.

1837, March 4: Issues Farewell Address

1837, March 7: Leaves White House for The Hermitage

1837, June 9: Grandson Samuel Jackson, born.

1838, July 15: Joins Presbyterian Church.

1840, January 8: Attends Silver Jubilee of victory
at New Orleans.

1842, September 1: Writes Last Will and Testament

1843, February 14: Restitution of New Orleans fine
authorized by Congress.

1844, May 13: Endorses James K. Polk for President.

1844, December: Urges the annexation of Texas.

1845, May: Suffers massive edema.

1845, June 8: Dies at The Hermitage.

1845, June 10: Buried under Tomb next to wife
Rachel in the Hermitage garden.


...


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Old January 27th 09, 05:00 AM posted to rec.collecting.coins
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Default Which is the ugliest Prezbuck so far?

In article , "Arizona Coin Collector" wrote:

"RWF" wrote in message
...

IMO, they are all pretty bad but the worst yet is Andrew Jackson.
He looks like he accidently **** himself.


Hello

There is and actual photo of Andrew Jackon on the link
shown below. He contracts and live through smallpox.

(ACTUAL PHOTO IMAGE)
1844 or 1845 Daguereotype shows Jackson's frail health.
http://www.thehermitage.com/index.ph...id=34&Itemi d
=46&limit=1&limitstart=5


TIMELINE

1767, March 15: Born, Waxhaw settlement,
South Carolina.

1775-1780: Attends schools conducted by Dr.
William Humphries and James White Stephenson.

1780-1781: Serves in American Revolution;
captured and wounded by British officer;
imprisoned in Camden and later released;

contracts smallpox.

1781: Death of mother, Elizabeth Hutchinson Jackson.

1782: Attends school conducted by Robert McColluch

1783-1784: Teaches school in Waxhaws.

1784-1786: Moves to Salisbury, North Carolina, and
reads law with Spruce McCay.

1786-1787: Reads Law with John Stokes.

1787, September 26: Licensed as an attorney in
North Carolina; practices laws and tends store.

1788: Appointed public prosecutor for Western
District of North Carolina and migrates west;
fights first duel with Waightsill Avery; settles
in Nashville.

1790-1791: Supposedly marries Rachel Donelson
Robards in Natchez.

1791, February 15: Appointed Attorney General
for the Mero District

1794, January 18 : Remarries Rachel Donelson
Robards in Nashville.

1796, Jan.-Feb.: Participates in Tennessee
Constitutional Convention.

1796, October 22: Elected to U.S. House of
Representatives.

1797, September 26: Elected to U.S. Senate.

1798: Resigns Senate seat.

1798, December 20: Elected Judge of
Tennessee Superior Court.

1802, February 5: Elected Major General of
Tennessee Militia.

1804, April: Forms business partnership with
John Coffee and John Hutchings.

1804, July 4: Purchases The Hermitage.

1804, July 24: Resigns as judge.

1805-1807: Participates in Burr Conspiracy.

1806, May 30: Kills Charles Dickinson in a duel.

1809: Adopts son of Elizabeth and Severn Donelson
naming him Andrew Jackson, Jr.

1812-1815: Leads troops against Indians and British.

1813, March: Nicknamed Old Hickory.

1813, September 4: Wounded in gunfight with
Jesse and Thomas Hart Benton.

1813, November 3: Adopts Creek Indian named "Lyncoya."

1814, March 17: Defeats Creek Indians at the
Battle of Horseshoe Bend.

1814, August 9: Imposes Treaty of Fort Jackson
on the Creek Nation.

1814, November 17: Captures Pensacola from Spanish.

1814, December 1: Arrives in New Orleans.

1815, January 8: Defeats British advance toward
New Orleans.

1815, March 31: Fined for contempt of court.

1816-1818: Signs treaties with Indian tribes.

1818, March 15: Invades Spanish Florida.

1818, April 6: Captures St. Marks.

1818, April 29: Orders execution of Robert
Ambrister and Alexander Arbuthnot.

1818, May 24: Captures Pensacola.

1819, February 28: Congressional censure for
invasion of Florida rejected.

1821: Brick Hermitage mansion completed.

1821: Appointed and confirmed governor of Florida
Territory.

1821, June 1 : Resigns army commission.

1821, July 17: Receives Florida from Spanish.

1821, November 13: Resigns as Florida governor.

1822, July 20: Nominated for President by Tennessee
Legislature.

1823, October 1: Elected U.S. Senator.

1823-1824: Donates funds and land for the Hermitage Church.

1825, February 9: Defeated for President in House Election.

1825, February 14: Accuses Henry Clay and John Quincy
Adams of corrupt bargain to win the presidency in
House election.

1825, May 5: Entertains Lafayette at The Hermitage.

1825, October 12: Resigns Senate seat.

1825, October 14: Nominated for President by Tennessee
Legislature.

1828, June 1: Death of Lyncoya.

1828, November : Elected President.

1828, December 22: Death of Rachel Jackson.

1829, March 4: Inaugurated seventh President.

1830, April 13: Attends Jefferson birthday dinner and
makes toast"Our federal union, it must be preserved."

1830, May 27: Vetoes Maysville Road bill.

1830, May 28: Signs Indian Removal bill.

1830, June : Exercises first pocket veto.

1830, October: Assists in establishment of Washington Globe.

1830, October 5: Reopens American ports to British West
Indian trade.

1831, April: Accepts cabinet resignations and appoints new cabinet.

1831, November 24: Andrew Jackson, Jr. and Sarah Yorke marry.

1832, January: Operated on to remove bullet from Benton gunfight.

1832, March 27: Accused of maintaining a "Kitchen Cabinet".

1832, July 10: Vetoes recharter of Second U.S. Bank.

1832, July 14: Signs Tariff of 1832.

1832, November 1: Granddaughter Rachel Jackson born.

1832, November: Reelected President.

1832, December 10: Issues Proclamation to the people of
South Carolina on Nullification.

1833, March 2: Signs Force Bill and Compromise Tariff
resolving Nullification Crisis in South Carolina.

1833, March 4: Pocket vetoes Distribution Bill.

1833, March 4: Inaugurated for second term.

1833, May 6: Injured in assault by Robert B. Randolph.

1833, June-July: Tours New England and Middle Atlantic states.

1833, September 23: Dismisses Treasury Secretary William J.
Duane for refusal to remove deposits from Second U.S. Bank.
Censured by Senate for actions against Bank.

1834, March 28: Censured by Senate.

1834, April 4: Grandson, Andrew Jackson III, is born.

1834, April 15: Protests censure by Senate.

1834, May: Threatens action against France.

1834, June 30: Signs Coinage Act.

1834, October 13: Hermitage mansion damaged by fire.

1835, January: Announces nation is free of debt.

...


the portrait on the right is certanly "charitable."
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Old January 27th 09, 05:25 PM posted to rec.collecting.coins
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Default Which is the ugliest Prezbuck so far?

I agree, RWF - pretty bad. The guys may not all be beauty queens, but
they deserve better than that. Or maybe the problem is the
translation into metal, especially with the limitations on design
imposed by current mint budgetary restrictions. Check out this link:

http://www.flixxy.com/presidents-morphing.htm
 




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