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Editor says, what if President Andrew Jackson was assassinated? muses Robbie Taylor. Please note that the opinions expressed in this post do not necessarily reflect the views of the author(s). This story was published in the February 2012 edition of Changing the Times Magazine.
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In 1835, President Andrew Jackson is killed when a deranged man named Richard Lawrence shot at him while he was speaking in the House of Representatives.
President Andrew Jackson AssassinatedLawrence carried two guns to make sure that he would hit the Democrat, "and end the stain of his people on the face of the nation".
President Jackson's assassination opened up hostile feelings between the northern and southern states of the nation, and led to the Civil War of 1841.
Entry posted by Alternate Historian Robbie Taylor
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~ The last sentence is highly dubious. If there was any lingering "hostile feelings" it would be frontier West vs Establishment East not North/South.
~ East/West would be an interesting war. We'd probably see a boost of federalism early on, perhaps even solving the "slavery in the territories" issue.
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