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
Erected 1976.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Government & Politics. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #07 Andrew Jackson, and the The Spirit of 76, Americas Bicentennial Celebration series lists. A significant historical month for this entry is December 1812.
Location. 34° 40.35′ N, 86° 2.04′ W. Marker is in Scottsboro, Alabama, in Jackson County. It 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.
Regionally, this marker is in North Alabama. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Robert Thomas Scott (here, next to this marker); Jackson County Courthouse And The Scottsboro Boys (within shouting distance of this marker); Union Civil War Encampment in Scottsboro (approx. Ό mile away); Scottsboro Railroad Depot
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Another marker is no longer nearby. First Baptist Church (was about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line but has been confirmed missing).
Photographed by Tim Carr, September 6, 2009
2. Gen. Andrew Jackson
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
“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 2,666 times since then and 28 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.
