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TIL that Andrew Jackson became the first U.S. president to be subjected to both a physical assault and an assassination attempt. In 1833, Robert B. Randolph struck Jackson in the face with his hand, and in 1835, Richard Lawrence pulled two pistols on Jackson, both of which misfired.

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