The widower Jackson invited Rachel's niece Emily Donelson to serve as hostess at the White House.
When Andrew Jackson became president, he invited his niece Emily Donelson to be White House hostess.
Fillmore and Donelson finished third,
winning 873,053 votes(21.6%) and carrying the state of Maryland and its 8 electoral votes.
John Samuel Donelson, Daniel Donelson, and Andrew Jackson Donelson were the sons
of Rachel's brother Samuel Donelson who died in 1804.
Born in the Waxhaws, Jackson became a lawyer in the Western
District of North Carolina(now part of Tennessee) and married Rachel Donelson Robards.
Back at Fort Donelson, Confederate forces under Brigadier General Gideon
Pillow attacked the Union division, now under the command of Brigadier General John McClernand.
There is evidence that Donelson had been living with Jackson
and referred to herself as Mrs. Jackson before the petition for divorce was ever made.
Emily was married to Andrew Jackson Donelson, who acted as Jackson's private secretary
and in 1856 ran for vice president on the American Party ticket.
Emily was married to Andrew Jackson Donelson, who acted as Jackson's private secretary
and in 1856 would run for Vice President on the American Party ticket.
To complicate matters further, evidence shows that Donelson had been living with Jackson
and referred to herself as Mrs. Jackson before the petition for divorce was ever made.
Emily was married to Andrew Jackson Donelson, who acted as Jackson's private secretary
and in 1856 would run for Vice President of the United States on the American Party ticket.