andrew jackson vs. harry truman

(inspired by Jack Kirby's cover to Thor #135)

DID YOU KNOW?

--Both Jackson and Truman survived assassination attempts.

In 1835 Richard Lawrence, an unemployed and deranged housepainter from England, either burst from a crowd or stepped out from hiding behind a column and aimed a pistol at Jackson, which misfired. Lawrence then pulled out a second pistol, which also misfired. It has been postulated that moisture from the humid weather contributed to the double misfiring. Lawrence was then restrained, with legend saying that Jackson attacked Lawrence with his cane, prompting his aides to restrain him. Others present, including Davey Crockett (really), restrained and disarmed Lawrence.

In 1950, Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo attempted to assassinate Truman at Blair House. On the street outside the residence, Torresola mortally wounded a White House policeman, Leslie Coffelt, who shot Torresola dead before expiring himself. Collazo, as a co-conspirator in a felony that turned into a homicide, was found guilty of murder and was sentenced to death in 1952. Truman, who was opposed to the death penalty, later commuted his sentence to life in prison.

--A time-traveling Nancy Drew, girl detective, once enlisted the help of Jackson, Truman, and Abraham Lincoln to solve "the Case of the Haunted Showboat".