Former U.S. President Andrew Jackson dies in Nashville 170 years ago this hour (June 8 1845)

1840s, U.S. Presidents


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(Tuesday, June 8, 1845, 6:00 p.m. local time) — Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States (1829-1837), died today at The Hermitage, his plantation in Nashville, Tennessee, of chronic tuberculosis, dropsy, and heart failure. He was 78.