Jackson relied on outside advisers just as heavily as the current president does.
A portrait of President Andrew Jackson hangs on the wall behind President Trump, accompanied by Vice President Pence, in the Oval Office in 2017. By Ronald G. Shafer May 14 at 8:00 AM At a time of turmoil, the president turned to several outside advisers, including two highly partisan media men. The president was hot-tempered Andrew Jackson who, according to biographer Mark R. Cheatham, “was at times vain and demanding and expected obedience to his will.
President Andrew Jackson shown in an undated portrait. The wives of other cabinet members and especially the spouse of Vice President John C. Calhoun of South Carolina snubbed Mrs. Eaton. Calhoun and Jackson also clashed on states’ rights issues. The snubs outraged Jackson, whose late wife, Rachel, had faced scorn because she had neglected to divorce her first husband before marrying Jackson in 1791. The president took the side of Mrs. Eaton, declaring, “She is as chaste as a virgin.
Some members of the informal group changed from time to time, but the most influential were two Democratic newspapermen. One was 39-year-old Amos Kendall, who as editor of the Argus of Western America newspaper in Kentucky had backed Jackson in the 1828 presidential election. The president appointed Kendall to the low-level post of fourth auditor of the Treasury. But as part of the kitchen cabinet, Kendall wielded huge clout and wrote many of Jackson’s official statements.
Martin Van Buren, the 8th President of the United States, is seen in this undated photo. The kitchen cabinet was a contentious issue in the 1832 election. Jackson’s opponents accused the advisers of fomenting Jackson’s spurious attacks on his political foes.
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