brother, jessie benton. jessie took a bullet to the buttocks, which proved somewhat embarrassing, and as a result of that the benton's were trashing jackson's name all over nashville. jackson doesn't -- didn't like that he took himself quite seriously. and so he went after the two of them with the riding whip. guns were drawn. bullets flew. benton was wounded. jackson was wounded in the shoulder. he was lying in the street of nashville bleeding profusely, he almost died. and benton sort of realized that given the fact that jackson was the hero of tennessee, everyone loved him, that he'd better get the heck out of dodge. so he left nashville, went to missouri, and rose up to be missouri's top politician for 30 years. >> is this the incident that resulted in andrew jackson walking around with bullets in his shoulder for the rest of his life? >> well, he had -- that was one of the incidents, but that was a bullet in his shoulder he never was able to get rid of. i will say that jackson and benton became allies i

. -- benton. >> he was a big man. he was the most -- was called the most grating political maniac i ever knew. he was a powerful figure, and rode on massive memoir which historians have been using for a century and a half. and he was very powerful during that time. >> the story about the deal will and andrew jackson never ceases to amaze me when i read it. >> benton had met him in the war of 1812. there were very close. but there were a lot of tools in tennessee in those days. jackson consented to be the second abduat a duel. jesse took that bill would -- took a bullet to the buttocks which was somewhat of an embarrassment. people began trashing jackson's name. jackson took that very seriously. jackson was wounded in this older, bleeding profusely, and almost died. benton realize that jackson was the hero of tennessee, and he needed to get out of dodge. so he left tennessee and went to missouri. he rose up to beat missouri lost a top politician for 30 years. >> to this injured -- did this injury in up with and to jack

i will say that jackson and benton became allies.they sought to eye on most things, and they were buried together on most of the big issues of the day. >> another senator that you write about duffy was a senator. >> correct. he was a protege of john c. calhoun. he had flirted with the idea that states should succeed in from the union. states could nullify a federal law as they did not like. jackson said that is panama to succession. he said he is sending troops down to hang any traders. he quashed the nullification movement. those centers, especially from south carolina, where very wary of the federal government. make up the -- mcduffy never came to heal. the democratic party was much closer to the republican party today. i happen to believe that the 20th-century president that was most like jackson was ronald reagan. and the 20th century president who was most like jackson's rival, henry clay, was franklin roosevelt. they were both great patriots. they hated each other, but loved america. they had nothing but the greatest designs fo