Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States, serving from 1829 to 1837. Born in 1767 in the frontier settlement of the Waxhaws in South Carolina, Jackson moved to Salisbury, NC in 1784 and received his license to practice law in 1787, beginning his practice in North Carolina's Western District in Washington County (now a part of Tennessee). In October 1788, he moved to Nashville, where he met his wife Rachel. After serving as the major general of the Tennessee militia for twenty years and earning recognition as a military leader in the War of 1812, Jackson was elected to the U. S. Senate in 1823 and to the presidency in 1828. After serving two terms as president, Jackson returned to the Hermitage, his Nashville home, in early 1837. Eight years later, in 1845, Jackson died at his home at the age of 78.

George Graham (1772-1830) was an American layer, banker, and soldier. Born in Virginia, he graduated from Columbia College in 1790 and began practicing law. He joined the military at the outset of the War of 1812 and commanded the Fairfax Light Horse. He was appointed chief clerk of the War Department in 1814 and later served as the Secretary of War from 1816-1817. Graham died on August 9, 1830 in Washington, D.C.