Andrew Jackson was a hardcore duelist. Throughout his lifetime he fought at least 103 duels, most of them regarding his wife's honor. Andrew and his wife met before her divorce had been finalized (she was separated from her husband at the time). Nonetheless, her actions were especially frowned upon and considered highly unacceptable. So, Andrew Jackson had a lot of men who thought it would be really hilarious to call his wife a dirty whore, etc., leaving him no choice but to duel them and stop future comments from being made. A good number of men were stupid and made improper comments; Jackson would then challenge them to pistols at dawn.

Charles Dickinson (1780 – 1806), an American attorney, a famous duelist and an expert marksman died from injuries sustained in a duel with Andrew Jackson. Dickinson had killed over 26 men before his final duel with Jackson. Jackson was not prosecuted for murder, and the duel had very little effect on his successful campaign for the presidency in 1829. American men who lived in Jackson's time, particularly in the Southern part of U.S., viewed dueling as a time honored tradition.

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