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Future U.S. President Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson in a duel.
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Andrew Jackson
President of the United States from 1829 to 1837
Andrew Jackson was the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Before his presidency, he rose to fame as a U.S. Army general and served in both houses of the U.S. Congress. His political philosophy became the basis for the rise of Jacksonian democracy.…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Charles Dickinson (attorney and duelist)
American attorney and duelist (1780–1806)
Charles Dickinson was an American attorney and slave trader who was killed by Andrew Jackson in a duel. An expert marksman, Dickinson was shot in the chest by the future president due to a protracted disagreement which originated in an incident involving a horse which Jackson…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)