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Robert Parker
1318 Vermont Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 2005-3607

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Andrew Jackson, 7th President: 1829-1837  

Did You Know?
In Ellicott's Mills, Maryland, President Andrew Jackson boards a Baltimore & Ohio Railroad train for a pleasure trip to Baltimore in 1833. Jackson, who had never been on a train before, was the first president to take a ride on the "Iron Horse," as locomotives were known then.

Last Updated: August 24, 2006 at 09:26 EST