Andrew Jackson is the only president of the United States who got the better of his attempted assassin.  The aged Jackson was at the Capitol for a congressional funeral in 1835 when a crazed man named Richard Lawrence aimed a pistol directly at his chest and pulled the trigger. It misfired. Jackson bull-charged his assailant with his cane, and incredibly, Lawrence pulled out another pistol. It, too, misfired.  As bystanders intervened, an enraged Jackson supposedly yelled, “Let me alone! Let me alone! I know where this came from.” President Trump speaking to the media at the White House press briefing room after the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on April 25, 2026. AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana Lest we think we live in a uniquely inflamed, conspiratorial moment , Jackson’s Whig opponents had dubbed him King Andrew and John C.…