1815 March 24 Fined $1,000 by Judge Dominick A. Hall for contempt of court, which Jackson paid the same day, and which was refunded by Congress with interest in 1842. 1815 May 15 Arrived at Nashville from New Orleans. 1817 December 26 Entered upon second Florida campaign. 1818 April 28 Caused the execution of Arbuthnot and Ambrister. 1819 February 8 House of Representatives in Congress sustained Jackson’s conduct in the Florida campaign. 1819 Jan. and Feb. Visited eastern cities. 1819 February Spain ceded Florida to the United States. 1819 Built Brick Hermitage. 1821 Appointed by President Monroe governor of Florida. 1821 May 31 Resigned from the army. 1821 July 17 Took possession of Florida as governor, and it became a territory of the United States. 1821 October Resigned as governor of Florida, and returned to Hermitage. 1822 July 20 Nominated for President by the Legislature of Tennessee. 1823 Offered and declined mission to Mexico. 1823 October Elected to the United States Senate from Tennessee. 1823 Contributed major part of funds for building Presbyterian church in Hermitage neighborhood. 1824 March 4 Nominated for President by the Pennsylvania convention. 1824 November 4 Received plurality of electoral votes for President. 1825 February 9 Defeated for President in the House of Representatives in Congress by John Quincy Adams, who received the vote of thirteen states, Jackson seven, William H. Crawford of Georgia four. 1825 Lafayette visited the Hermitage. 1825 October Resigned from the United States Senate. 1825 October Renominated for President by the Legislature of Tennessee. 1826 or 1827 Communion Sunday, date uncertain, promised Mrs. Jackson to join the church when out of politics. 1828 November Elected President of the United States. 1828 December 22 Death of Mrs. Jackson. 1829 January 17 Left Hermitage for his inauguration. 1829 March 4 Inaugurated President. 1830 April 13 Offered toast: “Our federal union, it must be preserved,” at Jefferson’s birthday dinner. 1830 December 7 Recommended that the Southern Indians be removed to the Indian Territory. 1831 Two wings added to the Hermitage. 1832 July 10 Vetoed bill re-chartering the Bank of the United States.