Peggy Eaton affair

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The Peggy Eaton affair was a political and social scandal in the early 1830s involving the ostracism of the Secretary of War’s wife, which deepened divisions within Andrew Jackson’s cabinet and contributed to the resignation of several members.

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Petticoat affair 2
Peggy Eaton affair canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
political scandal ⓘ
social scandal ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Petticoat affair ⓘ
linked to: Peggy Eaton affair
cause rapid remarriage of Margaret O’Neale to John H. Eaton after her first husband’s death ⓘ
rumors about Margaret O’Neale Eaton’s morality ⓘ
social ostracism of Margaret O’Neale Eaton by cabinet members’ wives ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
effect decline of John C. Calhoun’s influence in the Jackson administration ⓘ
increased influence of Martin Van Buren in Andrew Jackson’s administration ⓘ
political isolation of Vice President John C. Calhoun ⓘ
reorganization of Andrew Jackson’s cabinet ⓘ
resignation of most of Andrew Jackson’s cabinet in 1831 ⓘ
rise of the so‑called Kitchen Cabinet ⓘ
strengthening of the alliance between Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren ⓘ
worsening of the rift between Andrew Jackson and John C. Calhoun ⓘ
endTime 1831 ⓘ
hasContext Andrew Jackson presidency ⓘ
Jacksonian democracy ⓘ
linked to: Jacksonian era

United States politics in the 1830s ⓘ
hasParticipant Andrew Jackson ⓘ
Emily Donelson ⓘ
Floride Calhoun ⓘ
John Branch ⓘ
John C. Calhoun ⓘ
John H. Eaton’s first wife’s family ⓘ
John Henry Eaton ⓘ
linked to: John Eaton

John M. Berrien ⓘ
Margaret O’Neale Eaton ⓘ
Martin Van Buren ⓘ
Samuel D. Ingham ⓘ
William B. Lewis ⓘ
hasTheme cabinet politics ⓘ
gender norms in early 19th‑century American society ⓘ
honor culture in the antebellum South ⓘ
intersection of social life and political power ⓘ
involvesOffice United States Attorney General ⓘ
United States Secretary of State ⓘ
United States Secretary of War ⓘ
linked to: Secretary of War

United States Secretary of the Navy ⓘ
United States Secretary of the Treasury ⓘ
Vice President of the United States ⓘ
mainLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
namedAfter Margaret O’Neale Eaton ⓘ
notableFor contributing to the mass resignation of Andrew Jackson’s cabinet in 1831 ⓘ
enhancing Martin Van Buren’s prospects for the presidency ⓘ
influencing Andrew Jackson’s break with John C. Calhoun ⓘ
relatedTo Kitchen Cabinet ⓘ
Nullification Crisis ⓘ
startTime 1829 ⓘ

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Andrew Jackson presidency → majorEvent → Peggy Eaton affair ⓘ
John Eaton → causeOfResignation → Petticoat affair ⓘ
linked to: Peggy Eaton affair
Peggy Eaton affair → alsoKnownAs → Petticoat affair ⓘ
linked to: Peggy Eaton affair