Tag: John Eaton

  • America’s First Sex Scandal

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    Andrew Jackson. By: Alexander Hay Ritchie.

    Upon arriving in the White House, Andrew Jackson appointed John Eaton as Secretary of War. Daniel Walker Howe, What Hath God Wrought: Transformation of America, 1815-1848, 336. Little did Jackson know the extent to which this decision would plague the first year of his presidency.

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