☞Today in History -- On today’s date 177 years ago, June 8, 1845, Andrew “Old Hickory” Jackson (1767-1845), seventh President of the United States of America, met his earthly demise at the age of 78 when he died from the effects of chronic consumption (tuberculosis), dropsy (edema), & heart failure at Hermitage Plantation, his home at Nashville, Tennessee.
☞Requiéscat In Pace, Andrew Jackson.
☞Some sources incorrectly indicate that the first-ever photographs of U.S. presidents were made in 1845, the year of President Jackson’s death. At least three presidents were photographed during that year, including Presidents Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren (1782-1862), & James Knox Polk (1795-1849); however, there were two other presidents who are known to have been photographed before 1845 -- John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) was photographed in 1843, & the very first president to be photographed was William Henry Harrison (1773-1841) who was photographed in 1841 during the last year of his life.
☞Music-History Trivia: U.S. Army Major General & future U.S. president Andrew “Old Hickory” Jackson’s victory at the January 8, 1815 Battle of New Orleans, the last battle of the War of 1812, made “Old Hickory” a national hero, & shortly thereafter the traditional Old-Time tune “The Eighth of January,” also known as “Jackson’s Victory,” was composed to commemorate the battle. In the mid-20th Century, noted musician & songwriter James Corbitt Morris (1907-1998), better known as Jimmie Driftwood, wrote the song “The Battle of New Orleans,” to the tune of The Eighth of January. Jimmie Driftwood’s song was covered by noted Country & Rockabilly singer John Gale “Johnny” Horton (1925-1960), whose version became a hit single, rising to the top of the “Billboard Hot 100” chart in 1959.
☞The 1845 Daguerréotype photograph depicts the bespectacled visage of President Andrew Jackson shortly before his death at the age of 78.
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