how Andrew Jackson beard was the first president born in a log cabin (South Carolina) ?
Andrew Jackson served as the 7th President of the United States from the years 1829-1837. http://www.nps.gov/pub_aff/pres/trivia.htm http://www.littleknownfactsshow.com/presidents.html Among his presidential “firsts”: Andrew Jackson was the first president to wear a beard. Andrew Jackson was the first president born in a log cabin ( in South Carolina). Andrew Jackson was the first president to ride in a train. Andrew Jackson was the first American president to experience and survive an assassination attempt.( Jackson was at the Capitol when an unemployed house painter fired a pistol at him. The pistol misfired. The would-be assassin drew a second pistol, which also misfired.) Jackson was the first and only President ever to lead a debt-free United States.(He made the last installment on the national debt plan while he was in office.) J
