Andrew Jackson was a person.
Andrew Jackson . Before being elected to the presidency , Jackson served in Congress and gained fame as a general in the United States Army . Jackson served briefly in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate . Upon returning to Tennessee , he was appointed a justice on the Tennessee Supreme Court , serving from 1798 until 1804 . In 1830 , Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act , which relocated most members of the Native American tribes in the South to Indian Territory ( now Oklahoma ) .