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  1. www.history.com › this-day-in-history › andrewThe U.S. national debt reaches $0 for the first time - HISTORY

    Aug 29, 2019 · On January 8, 1835, President Andrew Jackson achieves his goal of entirely paying off the United States’ national debt. It was the only time in U.S. history that the national debt stood at...

  2. www.npr.org › sections › moneyWhen U.S. Paid Off National Debt (Why It Didn't Last ... - NPR

    Apr 15, 2011 · Andrew Jackson really hated debt. So in 1835, under Jackson's leadership, the U.S. paid off the debt. Here's the story of how it happened — and why we started borrowing again a year...

  3. worldhistory.us › american-history › andrew-jacksonAndrew Jackson and the Elimination of the National Debt

    May 21, 2017 · American History. Andrew Jackson and the Elimination of the National Debt. May 21, 2017. 0. 8035. After having peaked at $127 million after the War of 1812, the national debt stood at $58.4 million when Andrew Jackson became president in 1829. Jackson was determined to pay off the debt in full.

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  5. www.npr.org › 2021/12/23 › 1067429082The time the US paid off all its debt (Indicator favorite) - NPR

    Dec 27, 2021 · In fact, his administration paid off all the interest-bearing debt on January 1, 1835. Historian Ann Daly lists three reasons for this to happen. The federal government collected many...

  6. www.northcountrypublicradio.org › news › nprWhen The U.S. Paid Off The Entire National Debt (And Why It ...

    Apr 15, 2011 · Andrew Jackson really hated debt. So in 1835, under Jackson's leadership, the U.S. paid off the debt. Here's the story of how it happened — and why we started borrowing again a year later.

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  8. www.politifact.com › factchecks › 2016Was Andrew Jackson the only U.S. president to bring national ...

    Apr 22, 2016 · In today’s dollars, that amounts to about $1.4 billion. The total public debt outstanding today is higher by many orders of magnitude: $19.2 trillion. Jackson watched that debt scale down to...

  9. www.npr.org › 2021/09/29 › 1041638804When The U.S. Paid Off The Entire National Debt (Classic) - NPR

    Sep 29, 2021 · Phil Dokas/Flickr. This episode originally aired on May 13, 2011. On January 8, 1835, all the big political names in Washington gathered to celebrate what President Andrew Jackson had just...

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