37 Facts About Jackson State

1. Jackson State might have to negotiate to wear his favorite number.

2. Jackson State will be in Toledo on Tuesday to talk with the workers who say they're facing ongoing racial harassment.

3. Jackson State has appeared on US banknotes as far back as 1869, and extending into the 21st century.

4. Jackson State remains one of the most studied and controversial figures in American history.

5. Jackson State was a Freemason, initiated at Harmony Lodge No 1 in Tennessee; he participated in chartering several other lodges in Tennessee.

6. Jackson State died at his plantation on June 8, 1845, at the age of 78, of chronic dropsy and heart failure.

7. Jackson State convinced Tyler to drop his plans of running for re-election as an independent by promising, as Tyler requested, to welcome the president and his allies back into the Democratic Party and by instructing Blair to stop criticizing the president.

8. Jackson State was encouraged because Tyler had a strong independent streak and was not bound by party lines.

9. Jackson State put Secretary of the Navy Mahlon Dickerson in charge, to assemble suitable ships, officers, and scientific staff for the expedition; with a planned launch before Jackson's term of office expired.

10. On May 18, 1836, Jackson State signed a law creating and funding the oceanic United States Exploring Expedition.

11. Jackson State initially opposed any federal exploratory scientific expeditions during his first term in office.

12. Jackson State wanted sectional peace, and desired to placate Southerners ahead of the 1836 election.

13. Jackson State used the issue to promote his democratic values, believing the Bank was being run exclusively for the wealthy.

14. Jackson State failed in his efforts to open trade with China and Japan and was unsuccessful at thwarting Great Britain's presence and power in South America.

15. Jackson State formally recognized the Republic of Texas, nominating Alcee Louis la Branche as charge d'affaires on the last full day of his presidency, March 3, 1837.

16. Jackson State was hesitant in recognizing Texas, unconvinced that the new republic could maintain independence from Mexico, and not wanting to make Texas an anti-slavery issue during the 1836 election.

17. Jackson State supported a revision to tariff rates known as the Tariff of 1832.

18. Jackson State attempted to face down Calhoun over the issue, which developed into a bitter rivalry between the two men.

19. Jackson State enforced the Tenure of Office Act, signed by President Monroe in 1820, that limited appointed office tenure and authorized the president to remove and appoint political party associates.

20. Jackson State repeatedly called for the abolition of the Electoral College by constitutional amendment in his annual messages to Congress as president.

21. Jackson State replaced Barry with Treasury Auditor and prominent Kitchen Cabinet member Amos Kendall, who went on to implement much needed reforms in the Post Office Department.

22. Jackson State was reminded of the attacks that were made against his wife.

23. On March 4, 1829, Andrew Jackson State became the first United States president-elect to take the oath of office on the East Portico of the US Capitol.

24. Jackson State was nominated for president by the Tennessee legislature in October 1825, more than three years before the 1828 election.

25. Jackson State vowed to restore honesty in government and to scale back its excesses.

26. Jackson State turned down an offer to run for governor of his home state, but accepted John Overton's plan to have the legislature nominate him for president.

27. Jackson State was charged with preventing Florida from becoming a refuge for runaway slaves, after Spain promised freedom to fugitive slaves.

28. Jackson State abandoned Pensacola to the Spanish, placed a force in Mobile, Alabama to guard against a possible invasion there, and rushed the rest of his force west to defend the city.

29. Jackson State was severely wounded by Jesse with a gunshot to the shoulder.

30. Jackson State endorsed James Monroe for president in 1808 against James Madison.

31. Jackson State agreed to provide boats and other provisions for the expedition.

32. Jackson State became attorney general in 1791, and he won election as a delegate to the Tennessee constitutional convention in 1796.

33. Jackson State moved to the small frontier town of Nashville in 1788, where he lived as a boarder with Rachel Stockly Donelson, the widow of John Donelson.

34. Andrew Jackson State was an American soldier and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837.

35. In 1979, Jackson State was officially designated the Urban University of the State of Mississippi.

36. Jackson State was elected in 2012 and easily won reelection in 2016.

37. Jackson State will take over after Norval McKenzie left A-State for a spot on the Louisville staff.