Claim: Andrew Jackson was the seventeenth President of the United States and first Democratic president.
Evidence: Andrew Jackson -LRB- March 15 , 1767 -- June 8 , 1845 -RRB- was an American soldier and statesman who served as the seventh President of the United States from 1829 to 1837 and was the founder of the Democratic Party.
Andrew Johnson -LRB- December 29 , 1808 July 31 , 1875 -RRB- was the 17th President of the United States , serving from 1865 to 1869.