Andrew Jackson wasn't big into backing down. The president participated in more than 100 duels over his lifetime. Mental Floss writes of the seventh president's tendency to step outside: Often ...

Andrew Jackson’s duel with Charles Dickinson didn’t result from a serious political conflict, but from a weird argument about a horse race. The details are byzantine, ...

Andrew Jackson duel victim found . NASHVILLE, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- An archaeologist says he's located the grave in Tennessee of a man who was killed in an 1806 duel with Andrew Jackson long before ...

Andrew Jackson was a slaveholder, a populist and an emotionally volatile man who fought in as many as 100 duels during his lifetime. Naturally, Donald Trump has great admiration for him.

DUELS: Andrew Jackson: The “roaring, rollicking” Jackson killed at least one man. Other opponents included Tennessee Gov. John Sevier (swords, pistols and bare-handed wrestling) ...

2. Andrew Jackson loved to duel and killed many men in those battles. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. During the late 18th and early 19th centuries, dueling was not an ...

While dramatic, the shootout actually happens six times a day at the former home of President Andrew Jackson as part of new visitor experience, “The Duel — Art of the Southern Gentleman.” ...