On this day in 1767,

Andrew Jackson Born

Only P.O.W. To Be Elected President

In 1828 Jackson became the only prisoner of war to have been elected president, having been captured by the British during the Revolutionary War when he was a 13 year old soldier.  As a result of his capture, Jackson held a lifelong dislike for the British. 

John McCain would have been the second P.O.W. to be elected president.  McCain was released from the Hanoi Hilton 47 years ago yesterday.