Andrew Jackson Biography Com

Jackson’s portrait appears on the $20 bill although he detested paper money.

• He became the only president to completely pay off the national debt, fulfilling a longtime goal.

• Sailed on USS Cygnet to Fredericksburg, Virginia, where he was to lay the cornerstone on a monument near the grave of Mary Ball Washington, George Washington's mother.

• Appointed colonel of the Tennessee militia and was elected its commander the following year.