Examines the life and career of the eighth American president, who had the nickname "Old Kinderhook."
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Tells the story of America's first political sex scandal which occurred in 1829-1831, when President Andrew Jackson chose to champion Margaret Eaton, the wife of his secretary of war, against Washington society, which had branded her as a loose woman.
In The Petticoat Affair, prize-winning historian John F. Marszalek offers the first in-depth investigation of the earliest-and perhaps greatest-political sex scandal in American history. During Andrew Jackson's first term in office, Margaret Eaton, the wife of Secretary of State…
Tells the story of America's first political sex scandal which occurred in 1829-1831, when President Andrew Jackson chose to champion Margaret Eaton, the wife of his secretary of war, against Washington society, which had branded her as a loose woman.
A stubborn man of deep principles, Andrew Jackson always reacted violently to what he saw as political or social injustice. The rumors surrounding the timing of his marriage, which had devastating effects on his wife Rachel - she died after the election and before his inaugurati…
Examines the life and career of the eighth American president, who had the nickname "Old Kinderhook."