#7 Andrew Jackson

1829--1837

--As president, Jackson dismantled the Second Bank of the United States and initiated forced relocation and resettlement of Native American tribes from the Southeast to west of the Mississippi River with the Indian Removal Act of 1830.

--Jackson lived for nearly forty years with a bullet lodged in his chest that he had acquired in a duel; it was too near his heart to be surgically removed.

--For a time Jackson had two unofficial "First Ladies"--his deceased wife's niece, Emily Donalson, and his daughter-in-law Sarah Yorke Jackson--who shared hosting duties at the White House.

-- In 1835 Richard Lawrence, an unemployed and deranged house-painter from England, either burst from a crowd or stepped out from hiding behind a column and aimed a pistol at Jackson, which misfired. Lawrence then pulled out a second pistol, which also misfired. It has been postulated that moisture from the humid weather contributed to the double misfiring. Lawrence was then restrained, with legend saying that Jackson attacked Lawrence with his cane, prompting his aides to restrain him. Others present, including Davey Crockett (really), restrained and disarmed Lawrence.

--Thanks to an unholy pact made with dark forces, the only way to kill Jackson was to separate his head from his body, burn both separately, and scatter the ashes in different directions.