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Dec 1, 1994 · Andrew Jackson Donelson, diplomat, was born in Nashville, Tennessee, on August 25, 1799. He attended Cumberland College, Nashville, and graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1820. He spent two years as aide-de-camp to his uncle, Maj. Gen. Andrew Jackson, before resigning his commission in order to study law. ...
Andrew Jackson Donelson (A. J. Donelson), biological cousin of Andrew Jackson, Jr., was the son of Rachel Jackson's brother Samuel Donelson ( c. 1759-1804) and his wife Mary Smith Donelson (1781-1857). He married his cousin, Rachel Jackson's niece, Emily Tennessee Donelson (1807-1836) in 1824.
Just as the successful voyage of the "Adventure" placed the Donelson name in the pages of American pioneer history, the marriage of Rachel Donelson to Andrew Jackson, placed the Donelson name in the pages of American political and presidential history.
History, American Studies, Political Science. This richly detailed biography of Andrew Jackson Donelson (1799-1871) sheds new light on the political and personal life ofthis nephew and namesake of Andrew Jac...
views 3,429,608 updated. Andrew Jackson Donelson (dŏn´əlsən), 1799–1871, American politician, b. Cumberland region of Tennessee. He was brought up at the Hermitage by his uncle, Andrew Jackson. After graduating from West Point he accompanied Jackson as aide-de-camp in the Seminole campaign.
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Jan 12, 2024 · Last updated March 14, 2024. Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on January 13, 1845, after confirmation. Commissioned to Prussia; resident at Berlin. These dates refer to Donelson’s service as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Federal Government of Germany at Frankfurt.
Likeness of Andrew Jackson Donelson “Uncle Sam’s Youngest Son, Citizen Know Nothing” was represented by an idealized portrait of a young man published in 1854. A bust portrait of a young man representing the nativist ideal of the Know Nothing party.
