TIL: President Andrew Jackson was involved in as many as 100 duels. He was shot in the chest in 1806 and took a bullet in the arm in a bar fight with Missouri Sen. Thomas Hart Benton in 1813. Most were to defend his wife's honor.

http://mashable.com/2013/07/04/us-presidents-fun-facts/?bang



Submitted January 26, 2015 at 10:59PM by burwor http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2tqm5v/til_president_andrew_jackson_was_involved_in_as/