Scottsboro in Jackson County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
Gen. Andrew Jackson
Soldier, Statesman, 7th President U.S.A.
Photographed By Tim Carr, September 6, 2009
1. Gen. Andrew Jackson Marker
Inscription.
Gen. Andrew Jackson. Soldier, Statesman, 7th President U.S.A.. Jackson County was created by the State Legislature on December 13, 1819 while in session in Huntsville, Ala. The county was named in honor of Gen. Andrew Jackson who was visiting in Huntsville at the time. This Statue was presented by the Citizens of Jackson County during the year of the Bicentennial 1776 - 1976
Jackson County was created by the State Legislature on December 13, 1819 while in session in Huntsville, Ala. The county was named in honor of Gen. Andrew Jackson who was visiting in Huntsville at the time.
This Statue was presented by the Citizens of Jackson County during the year of the Bicentennial 1776 - 1976
Location. 34° 40.35′ N, 86° 2.04′ W. Marker is in Scottsboro, Alabama, in Jackson County. Marker is on East Laurel Street near South Broad Street (State Route 279), on the right when traveling east. Located on the Jackson County Courthouse grounds on the East Laurel Street side. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Scottsboro AL 35768, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, February 16, 2015
3. Andrew Jackson
This 1836-37 portrait of Andrew Jackson by Ralph E. W. Earl hangs in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC..
“With the possible exception of Abraham Lincoln, no nineteenth-century president wielded his powers more aggressively than Andrew Jackson, which is confirmed by his use of the presidential veto over Congress. Unlike his predecessors, who invoked that power on strictly constitutional grounds, Jackson vetoed key congressional measures, not because he deemed them illegal, but simply because he did not like them. In doing so, he set a precedent that vastly enlarged the presidential role in congressional lawmaking. Among Jackson's opponents, this executive activism drew charges of dictatorship. Those accusations, however, carried little weight among yeoman farmers and laborers, who doted on Jackson's professed opposition to elitism.
Jackson is here depicted in the last year of his presidency, …” — National Portrait Gallery
Credits. This page was last revised on November 1, 2019. It was originally submitted on September 7, 2009, by Timothy Carr of Birmingham, Alabama. This page has been viewed 2,061 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on September 7, 2009, by Timothy Carr of Birmingham, Alabama. 3. submitted on June 11, 2015, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.