Andrew Jackson Donelson [picture], [undated].

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Andrew Jackson Donelson [picture], [undated].

Lithograph portrait of Andrew Jackson Donelson, believed to have been made during his campaign for the office of Vice President of the United States in 1856. Donelson shared the ticket of the American Party with Millard Fillmore.

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Donelson, Andrew Jackson, 1799-1871

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Andrew Jackson Donelson was nephew, ward, and personal secretary to President Andrew Jackson throughout his administration. President John Tyler (1841-1845) appointed him chargeĢ d'affaires of the United States to the Republic of Texas and he was U.S. Minister to Prussia from 1846 to 1849. Donelson was nominated as the vice-presidential candidate of former President Millard Fillmore on the American Party ticket in 1856, but they garnered only 8 electoral votes. From the description o...