These Politicians Have Battled Through Chronic Health Issues - Page 17 of 32

Andrew Jackson

The 7^th President of the U.S. suffered from failing vision, decaying teeth, and recurring headaches. He dealt with malaria and parasites, and also had abdominal pains and bleeding in his lungs from two bullets lodged in his body from duels. None of this stopped him from keeping South Carolina from seceding from the Union, founding the Democratic Party, or dismantling the corrupt Second Bank of the United States.