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    The Petticoat affair (also known as the Eaton affair) was a political scandal involving members of President Andrew Jackson's Cabinet and their wives,...
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    A petticoat or underskirt is an article of clothing, a type of undergarment worn under a skirt or a dress. Its precise meaning varies over centuries and...
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    in etiquette, and she was well received by Washington society. The Petticoat affair caused a split between the Donelsons and the president, and Donelson...
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    focus of controversy during Jackson's first term; in the so-called Petticoat affair, Washington's society wives refused to socialize with the Eatons. The...
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    office dealing with what came to be known as the "Petticoat Affair" or "Eaton Affair". The affair focused on Secretary of War Eaton's wife, Margaret...
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    politician John C. Calhoun. She was known for her leading role in the Petticoat affair, which occurred during her husband's service as vice president of the...
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    years in office responding to what came to be known as the "Petticoat affair" or "Eaton affair." Washington gossip circulated among Jackson's cabinet members...
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    with Jackson, primarily because of the Nullification Crisis and the Petticoat affair. In contrast with his previous nationalist sentiments, Calhoun vigorously...
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  • American political scandal known as the Petticoat affair. His wife Margaret was rumored to have had an affair with John Eaton, who became Secretary of...
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    Their marriage was the cause of a national controversy known as the Petticoat affair. While better known in history as Peggy, Margaret stated in her autobiography...
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    coalescing Democratic Party. He ultimately resigned to help resolve the Petticoat affair and briefly served as ambassador to Great Britain. At Jackson's behest...
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  • (1799–1879), American, wife of John Henry Eaton and figure in the Petticoat affair Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop, Samoan-New Zealand academic Peggy Guggenheim...
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    was the only Cabinet member not to resign in 1831 as a result of the Petticoat affair. Born near Lunenburg, Virginia, he moved to Fayette County, Kentucky...
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    "Rachel and Andrew Jackson's Love Story" Marszalek, John F. (1997). The Petticoat Affair: Manners, Mutiny, and Sex in Andrew Jackson's White House. Free Press...
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  • American woman (wife of a United States Senator) involved in the "Petticoat affair" Margaret Fernie Eaton (1871–1953), English artist This disambiguation...
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    great deal on the Bank War, the federal tariff on imports, and the Petticoat affair, during which Meacham claimed "the future of the American presidency...
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    Friedrich 1937, p. 10. United States Civil Service Commission Office of Public Affairs 1974, p. 16. Friedrich 1937, p. 12. Friedrich 1937, p. 10-12. Bailey 1981...
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    President John C. Calhoun had fallen out with Jackson following the Petticoat affair and the Nullification Crisis, and subsequently resigned the office...
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    Virginia Timberlake, a daughter of Peggy Eaton, the center of the Petticoat affair that bedeviled the cabinet of President Andrew Jackson. One of Key's...
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    Quincy Adams, for misappropriating public funds. He also handled the Petticoat affair concerning Secretary of War John Eaton, and he served as the attorney...
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  • innkeeper's daughter, Peggy O'Neal. Peggy O'Neill had a central role in the Petticoat affair that disrupted the cabinet of Andrew Jackson. In 1823 Washington D...
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  • (DD-510), a Fletcher-class destroyer of the U.S. Navy Eaton affair, also known as the Petticoat affair, an 1831 U.S. scandal involving members of President Andrew...
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    inauguration of Andrew Jackson Tenure of Office Act (1820) Spoils system Petticoat affair Kitchen Cabinet Indian removal Indian Removal Act Trail of Tears Treaty...
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  • Cyrus McCormick invents the mechanical reaper 1831 – Petticoat affair (also known as the Eaton affair) 1832 – Worcester v. State of Georgia the Supreme Court...
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    by taking part in the social ostracism of Peggy Eaton, during the Petticoat affair, although she continued to greet Eaton, unlike Vice President John...
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    was involved in a notorious Washington cabinet scandal known as the Petticoat Affair and informed Eaton of the "military implications" in terms of the British...
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    Press. ISBN 978-0-8142-0927-1. Marszalek, John F. (2000) [1997]. The Petticoat Affair: Manners, Mutiny, and Sex in Andrew Jackson's White House. Baton Rouge...
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    Spoils system Petticoat affair Maysville veto Indian Removal Trail of Tears Nat Turner's rebellion Bank War Nullification crisis Foreign affairs Second term...
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  • the most part, the debate from 1828 to 1832 was a local South Carolina affair. The state's leaders were not united and the sides were roughly equal. The...
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    inauguration of Andrew Jackson Tenure of Office Act (1820) Spoils system Petticoat affair Kitchen Cabinet Indian removal Indian Removal Act Trail of Tears Treaty...
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