Theodore Roosevelt got into boxing in his youth, and continued to box well into middle age in the White House. He had to quit after a sparring partner permanently messed up one of his eyes. That was only one of the badass things about TR, but nothing as badass as Andrew Jackson. He didn’t box – he straight up killed up people in duels. Below are nineteen things about those and other fascinating Teddy Roosevelt and Old Hickory facts.
19. Badass Andrew Jackson
America’s seventh president, Andrew Jackson, was one of the toughest chief executives in the country’s history. Not necessarily a good person: as a general, Jackson had been too eager to hang his men for disciplinary infractions at the drop of a hat. He was also the only American president to have made his wealth primarily as an active wholesale slave dealer – a career considered disreputable even by many slave owners. However, one thing Jackson was good at was kicking ass and taking names.
