United States History On This Date: March 15

1767 — Andrew Jackson Is Born
Andrew Jackson, future seventh president, was born on the Carolina frontier. Orphaned during the Revolution, he rose through military and political ranks to become a defining figure of early American democracy, shaping presidential power and the nation’s populist political identity.
1820 — Maine Enters the Union
Maine entered the Union as the 23rd state under the Missouri Compromise, a political effort to maintain balance between free and slave states. The agreement temporarily eased sectional tensions but exposed deep national divisions that would intensify over the coming decades.
1917 — U.S. Recognizes Russia’s Provisional Government
After Tsar Nicholas II abdicated, the United States became the first major power to recognize Russia’s new provisional government. The move reflected shifting alliances during World War I and marked the beginning of a turbulent political transition that reshaped global power dynamics.
1965 — LBJ Calls for the Voting Rights Act
In a nationally televised address, President Lyndon B. Johnson urged Congress to pass the Voting Rights Act following the violence in Selma. His declaration—“We shall overcome”—signaled federal commitment to protecting voting rights and became a defining moment of the civil rights movement