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A cigar box exploiting Eaton's fame and beauty, showing President Jackson introduced to Peggy O'Neal (left) and two lovers fighting a duel over her (right) Peggy O'Neill Eaton, in later life The Petticoat affair (also known as the Eaton affair ) was a political scandal involving members of President Andrew Jackson 's Cabinet and their wives ...
Cigar box shows President Jackson introduced to Peggy (left) and two lovers fighting a duel over her (right). Margaret Eaton (née O'Neill, formerly Timberlake, later Buchignani; December 3, 1799 – November 8, 1879), was the wife of John Henry Eaton, a United States senator from Tennessee and United States Secretary of War, and a confidant of Andrew Jackson.
During her tenure as Second Lady, she took the lead in a social war against Peggy Eaton, the wife of Secretary of War John Eaton, in what became known as the Petticoat affair. Calhoun had organized a coalition among the wives of Jackson cabinet members against Peggy Eaton, who Calhoun believed had committed adultery and was acting irresponsibly ...
John Bowie Timberlake (c. 1777 – April 2, 1828) was a protagonist in the 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 War in President Andrew Jackson's cabinet.
We decided to celebrate the beautiful women who may or may not get the fame of their boyfriends and husbands.
In 1830 she risked a breach with Jackson, her husband's mentor, by taking part in the social ostracism of Peggy Eaton, during the Petticoat affair, although she continued to greet Eaton, unlike Vice President John C. Calhoun's wife, Floride Calhoun, and most of the cabinet members' wives. [4]
Sam was the first to see the devastation. Their bungalow was gone. Jinghuan was stunned. “It felt like someone poured buckets of cold water on me,” she said.
Bischetti said his siblings lost family mementos and photos and he lost thousands of dollars' worth of tools and musical instruments. They also had spent nearly $4,000 fixing up the home in order ...