Preston-Woodward correspondence 1845-1858 Preston-Woodward correspondence

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

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Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States. Born on March 15, 1767 in the Waxhaw Settlement in South Carolina; though just a boy, participated in the battle of Hanging Rock during the Revolution, captured by the British and imprisoned. He worked for a time in a saddler's shop and afterward taught school before studying law in Salisbury, N.C. In 1788 he was appointed solicitor of the western district of North Carolina, comprising what is now the State of Tennessee. Upon the admission of T...

Whig Party (U.S.)

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Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850

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Zachary Taylor (1784-1850), the twelfth president of the United States. In 1841, he was appointed to the command of the Sourthern Division of the United States. In the spring of 1845, Taylor appointed to command the Army of Occupation stationed in Corpus Christi. In May 1846, Taylor led his army into north Mexico. Following the battle of Monterey, Taylor was ordered to join General Winfield Scott at the siege of Veracruz. Taylor's victory at at the Battle of Buena Vista made him a national hero....

Democratic Party (U.S.)

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Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849

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James Knox Polk followed a career path which was blazed by Andrew Jackson. Both men hailed from southwestern North Carolina. Both migrated to Tennessee, where they practiced law and entered politics, and both were elected president of the United States. As similar as their paths were, James Polk was a different personality from his fiery predecessor. His life and career were marked by a relentless pursuit of his goals instead of the dramatic aura that perpetually surrounded Jackson. The effect...

United States. Fugitive Slave Law, 1850

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Woodward, Jackson

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Paul S. Preston was born August 24, 1796, in Stockport, Pennsylvania, the son of surveyor Samuel Preston and Marcia Jenkins. He was raised a Quaker. In 1818, he married Henrietta Maria Mogridge (1797-1875). Preston was very active in civic life; he studied law and worked as an attorney and, beginning in 1850, as judge of the court of common pleas of Wayne County. He also established a newspaper, the Wayne County Free Press and Bethany and Honesdale Advertiser, in 1838, and was a com...

Equal Rights Party (N.Y.)

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Preston, Paul S., 1794-1874.

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