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This season has been full of rewards. The dinners and banquets just keep on coming. It's great. We want to carry it on as long as we can.

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Andrew Jackson
Age: 78 †
Born: 1767
Born: March 15
Died: 1845
Died: June 8
7Th U.S. President
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After eight years as President I have only two regrets: that I have not shot Henry Clay or hanged John C. Calhoun.
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I hope and trust to meet you in Heaven, both white and black-both white and black.
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