Happy Birthday President Andrew Jackson, born this date in 1767.

Come, stand the nearest to thy country's sire
Thou fearless man, of uncorrupted heart!
Well worthy universal praise thou art,
And 'twill be thine when slumbers party ire.
Raised, by the voice of freemen, to a height
Sublimer far than Kings by birth can claim,
Thy stern, unselfish spirit dared the right,
And battled 'gainst the wrong; thy holiest aim
Was freedom in the largest sense, despite
Misconstrued motives and unmeasured blame.
Above disguise; in purpose firm and pure;
Just to opposers and to friends sincere;
Thy worth shall with thy country's name endure,
And greener grow thy fame through every coming year.

Anonymous poem in the United States Democratic Review
March 4, 1839