Cemetery at the Hermitage, Nashville, Tennessee

Andrew Jackson, who served as president from 1829 to 1837, lived at the Hermitage from 1804 until his death in 1845. Jackson's policies toward Native Americans were instrumental in the forced removal of most of the Five Civilized Tribes from the southeastern United States to Indian Territory; although the Cherokee "Trail of Tears" took place during the Martin Van Buren administration, their migration was the result of actions begun during Jackson's presidency. The Trail of Tears' Northern Route passed within a few miles of Jackson's home.