This chapter concludes that this is a true statement to a degree. This was an accusation made while Jackson was running for president. In the day when Andrew Jackson and Rachel Jackson became husband and wife laws were different. Rachel was married previous, and to get a divorce took and act of Congress, at least state house. Rachel's first husband was abusive, but there was not a way for her to get out. Andrew Jackson took up as her defender. And it appears they had become intimate long before any divorce could be granted, which reportedly the Jacksons thought had happened but hadn't. At any rate, the friends of the Jackson, and the country folk where they lived had no problem with it. The relationship between Rachel and Andrew was considered legitimate.
Andrew won the election, but Rachel never served as first lady as she passed away before Andrew Jackson took over as president.
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