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Andrew Jackson was the popular war hero who ran for president in 1824. Jackson had been a General in the Army. The citizens also liked him because he was down-to-earth, but he lost the election to John Quincy Adams. Jackson ran again in the next election and won. He was sworn in on March 4, 1829.

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