Andrew Jackson was a United States president.
Andrew Jackson ( March 15 , 1767 -- June 8 , 1845 ) was an American soldier and statesman who served as the seventh President of the United States from 1829 to 1837 and was the founder of the Democratic Party . He became a practicing lawyer in Tennessee and in 1791 he married Rachel Donelson Robards . The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States , along with the Republican Party . The Indian Removal Act was signed by President Andrew Jackson on May 28 , 1830 . Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson , born Rachel Donelson , ( June 15 , 1767 -- December 22 , 1828 ) was the wife of Andrew Jackson , the 7th President of the United States .