claim: "andrew jackson was the last president who actually balanced the federal budget, where we had no national debt."
author: ben carson
evidence_1: apr 15, 2011 ... on jan. 8, 1835, all the big political names in washington gathered to celebrate  what president andrew jackson had just accomplished. a senator rose to make  the big announcement: "gentlemen ... the national debt ... is paid." that was the  one time in u.s. history when the country was debt free. it lasted ...
evidence_2: apr 20, 2016 ... i mean, andrew jackson was the last president who actually balanced the federal  budget, where we had no national debt."
evidence_3: apr 20, 2016 ... “andrew jackson was the last president who actually balanced the federal  budget, where we had no national debt,” carson said in an interview wednesday . “in honor of that, we kick him off of the money.” “i love harriet tubman, i love  what she did,” carson continued. “but we can find another way to honor ...
evidence_4: apr 20, 2016 ... andrew jackson fans? like ben carson. "andrew jackson ... was a tremendous  president," carson told fox business news. "i mean, andrew jackson was the  last president who actually balanced the federal budget, where we had no  national debt." how could we ever go on without a small waldo-sized ...
evidence_5: apr 20, 2016 ... "andrew jackson ... was a tremendous president," carson told cavuto. "i mean,  andrew jackson was the last president who actually balanced the federal budget , where we had no national debt." thomas jefferson currently resides on the $2  bill, which is seldom used in circulation. carson didn't discuss ...