Young Andrew Jackson

Originally Aired: June 9, 1941 Cavalcade of America #230, "Young Andrew Jackson," brings the future president to life as a fiery young lawyer establishing justice in the Tennessee wilderness. When Andrew Jackson arrives in Nashville in 1789 to set up his law practice, he immediately faces hostility from Gene Saul and other frontiersmen who reject Eastern legal authority. After Jackson wins their grudging respect with his fists, he takes up residence with the Donaldson family, where he grows close to Rachel Donaldson. As tensions escalate with Cherokee raids threatening the settlement, Jackson discovers a darker conspiracy: someone is supplying weapons to the Indians and stirring up violence to drive settlers into Spanish protection. When the McCabe family is murdered, an enraged posse demands vigilante justice, but Jackson insists on due process even as he organizes an unauthorized expedition into Cherokee territory. Torn between Rachel's concerns for his safety and his determination to root out the conspiracy behind the attacks, Jackson must balance his commitment to law and order with the rough justice of frontier life.