The Site of Jackson's Law Practice Sold

The Tennessean has reported that 333 Union St. in downtown Nashville has traded hands. The buyer, Nashville-area radio host Dave Ramsey, got the office property for $1.6 million, considerably less than its last sale price of $3.7 million in 2007, before the nationwide commercial real estate contraction. Ramsey hasn't disclosed his plans for the building yet.

In 1996, the Nashville Bar Association erected a marker on the building. It says, "Andrew Jackson settled in Nashville in 1788 and served as Atty. Gen. until 1796. Lawyer John Overton owned a building here (1791-96) and shared office space with his friend Jackson. Jackson was Tennessee's first Rep. to Congress (1796) and state Superior Court judge (1798-1804). He led U.S. troops to victory at the 1815 Battle of New Orleans and was elected President in 1828."

Old Hickory is well known for many things, such as dueling and leading men into battle and hanging miscreants and showing President Adams the door in 1828 and for the characteristic saying, "One man with courage makes a majority." He's less well known for his legal and legislative careers, as sketched above. Aside from Abraham Lincoln, Jackson probably counts as the nation's most famed country lawyer, who attains the position by reading law.