"John Calhoun, if you secede from my nation I will secede your head from the rest of your body."
— Andrew Jackson

January 1, 1970

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However, Mark R. Cheatham, director of The Papers of Maritin Van Buren, reports that there is no original source verifying Jackson ever said this: Mark R. Cheatham, "Are These Andrew Jackson Quotes Accurate?" Jacksonian America: Society, Personality, and Politics (February 21, 2022)