The Petticoat Affair: Manners, Mutiny, and Sex in Andrew Jackson's White House

As Andrew Jackson began his campaign to gain the White House, personal and political attacks mounted. Corrupt remarks and taunts focused on the circumstances of Rachel’s marriage to Andrew. Stress and depression worsened her existing health issues. As the campaign continued, her condition degraded. She once told a friend “I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of God than live in that palace in Washington.”

Andrew Jackson’s ‘Era of the Common Man’ or the ‘Jacksonian Period’ (1824-1845) starts at his inauguration, and ends as the Civil War begins. Jackson was the first president that was not born into wealth or education, but instead made his own wealth, and taught himself up to a prime education, a ‘self-made man’, as some may say, this and his military history made him the defining figure of his age. Although, he downplayed his past successes to make him more like the ‘common man’, and appeal to the voters, his past, and his future changes to political policies, economy, and the overall society, marks this special period as the Era of the Common Man.

Andrew Jackson was born March 15, 1787, to freshly immigrated parents Andrew and Elizabeth. His parents along with Jackson’s two brothers, Hugh and Robert immigrated for Ireland two years prior to his birth.Andrew’s namesake died unfortunately before his birth, thus starting his path to orphanhood.Elizabeth then began the path of raising her children single handed. The Jackson family lived among other relatives of Scot-Irish descent on the Waxhaws settlement near the North and South Carolina borders. Although Jackson was a dastardly and daring child, his mother still had the hope of him turning a new leaf and becoming a Presbyterian Minister.The beginnings of the Revolution quickly dashed all the hopes she carried, as Jackson joined the nation's

One of the biggest reasons for Whig historians hatred for Jackson was the change in power. Many of the historians’ families were wealthy northerners and saw their control of political leadership as something that was rightfully theirs. These feelings of resentment, according to Sellers emerged early on when the old upper class

Her quick wit and head strong manner would get her into trouble both with the press of the time and her husband. She did not share the same beliefs in the Civil War as her husband did, “As her husband accumulated political honors, she was absorbed with running a household and raising children. When the Civil War erupted, she went to Richmond with a "very heavy heart," believing that the South could not win the war, and she feared she might never see her Northern relatives and friends

Andrew Jackson was one of the most powerful and influential presidents of the nineteenth century. To many Americans in the 1820s and 1830s, Andrew Jackson was a champion of democracy, a symbol of a spirit of anti-elitism and equality of all people that was sweeping American life. In fact, many considered that Andrew Jackson did more than any other American of his generation to enlarge the possibilities of American democracy. In the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, however, historians have disagreed sharply not only in their assessments of Jackson himself, but also in their portrayal of American society in his era. The progressive historians of the early twentieth century tended to see the politics of Jackson and his supporters as a indication of their own generation’s battles against economic privilege and political corruption. As a result, Jackson is one of the most controversial presidents in American history. Although the portrayal of Jackson as a champion

When a larger culture meets a smaller culture, the larger culture decides how to react to the smaller culture. The larger culture can leave the smaller culture alone, it can co-exist, or it can force the assimilation of the smaller culture trying to destroy it. The leader of a culture whether the smaller or larger, can abuse their power even though they mean to strengthen or simply maintain their people and culture. A smaller culture’s leader can misuse their power accidentally by trying to maintain the survival of their people, at the expense of their culture. In addition, a larger culture’s leaders can abuse their power over the smaller culture by forcing assimilation, and justifying their abuse of power. The article “From Rez Life” authored

On particular, The Age of Jackson changed America’s political history because Jackson established new precedents with the government’s relations with Indians, the issue of state and federal rights and also established a political rivalry. The Age of Jackson occurred during the time period from 1829 to 1837. During this time period, the United Stated of America was under the presidential term of Andrew Jackson. Ever since Andrew Jackson’s election, there was a complete transformation in the political history of the United States. Before Andrew Jackson, who in which was the 7th president of the United States, there had only been presidents that did nothing but follow imposes of George Washington. The presidents were John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe and John Quincy Adams. These presidents did not involve themselves with wars that occurred in Europe, they had no political parties, and they did nothing about the relations with the Indians. They also kept the Bank of America that President George Washington created. In the other hand Jackson is known for the Trail of Tears, he ended, the Bank of America and initiated a two-party political system.

In 1842, Jackson was accepted to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. Because of his inadequate schooling, he had difficulty with the entrance examinations and began his studies at the bottom of his class. Displaying a dogged determination that was to characterize his life, he became one of the hardest working cadets in the academy, and moved steadily up the academic rankings. Jackson graduated 17th out of 59 students in the Class of 1846. Jackson began his United States Army career as a second lieutenant in the 1st U.S. Artillery Regiment and was sent to fight in the Mexican–American War from 1846 to 1848. He served at the Siege of Veracruz and the battles of Contreras, Chapultepec, and Mexico City, eventually earning

After an hour Jackson turned Bandit back into his stall and the two men returned to the bunkhouse. Since he didn’t want to go to the house, out of reverence to his Aunt Sara because he didn’t want to do or say anything stupid in her presence in his current state of mind, Jackson ate lunch in the bunkhouse and after making two more trips to the barn to see his new buddy, he ate his dinner on his bunk as well. The horse made him feel better and kept some of his anger at bay while he was in the barn because he could talk to the horse and not get twenty questions why in return. Conversely, as a result of being able to relax with his horse, when he went to bed that night, Jackson slept for several additional hours before the same nightmare reared

When it comes to the study of American History, we tend to focus on the favorable, nationalistic inspiring narratives. In these narratives we analyses the many presidents, assassins, or military leaders in their gain of God, glory and gold. Some people, we study, for who they are their accomplishments and achievements. We look at how they helped progress America, and in some cases, we look at how they ruined America. One former president gets the popularity of either being America’s top leader or most questioned. Our seventh president, nicknamed King Jackson and Old Hickory, hails from the state of Tennessee. President Andrew Jackson is one of the most scrutinized politicians in American history. It is the objective to present the arguments of our colleagues on the interpretations of Andrew Jackson, as his life and presidency fall under constant scrutiny.

Andrew Jackson once said, “Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.” Andrew Jackson was an individual who was filled with integrity, grit, determination, and other values that encompass a good leader. The chosen book about this man is titled American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House. The creator of this Pulitzer Prize winning novel would be Jon Meacham. The Chattanooga born author graduated at The University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee as the salutatorian, and acquiring a degree summa cum laude in English Literature. He might as well become a history teacher with his knowledge on various historical concepts and people. With notorious books ranging from Making of a Nation to Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power. Andrew Jackson is regarded as one of the greatest of the founding fathers; with a scarred uprising as a child, and the actions he took for this country, it 's easy to see why some historians might think this. This president always seemed like an interesting figure to learn more about. Therefore, with a 353 page long book solely about him, it was deemed as the best choice. The book is composed of 34 chapters. Each following a timeline of his beginnings, accomplishments, and final days. In order to provide a brief synopsis/summary, it is important to provide information pertaining to every chapter, some elaborated on more than others.

The story had display several feature about a man having higher authority than woman in which is similar in our country. In this world, does matter if it in religion or in the history, there always show record as male always get the high position because the society believe that man is better than woman. In the context, Jackson presents an allusion that states ““Wife draws for her husband,” Mr. Summer said. “Don’t you have a grown boy to do it for you, Janey?” (Jackson 3).” Looking at the context, the reader could emphasis that woman does not have the right to become a leader. If the citizens had look back into America history record till modern day, all of the fifty-one president were male, our nation does not have a female president. In

The Petticoat Affair: Manners, Mutiny, and Sex in Andrew Jackson's White House. By John F. Marszalek. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1997. viii, 296 pp.)

John Marszalek had a clear goal through out the whole book which was to define gender roles during the early eighteen hundreds in America. Marszalek also shows us through a counter culture figure, Mrs. Peggy Eaton, described as a very independent, straight forward women whom never quite fit the role of an “ideal” women at the time. Marszalek argues that Margaret Eaton was ostracized by Jackson’s cabinet members due to her lacks of social standing and not following the social rules of being a woman. Throughtout the book she is cited giving speeches, hosting events and takes the role of the leader in discussions. She was not following social norms in the sense of her public life