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Nicholas Biddle was the president of the bank. He challenged Jackson and got Congress to renew the bank's charter in 1832, an election year. Jackson vetoed the bill to re-charter and the existence of the bank became a campaign issue.
Nicholas Biddle
Nicholas Biddle, the president of the bank, was the main force in getting Congress to renew the charter in 1832 which was an election year. When Andrew Jackson vetoed the bill to renew it, it became a campaign issue.
His decision to seek the bank's charter renewal four years early.
Nicholas Biddle was born on January 8, 1786.
Nicholas Biddle died on February 27, 1844 at the age of 58.
Nicholas Biddle - banker - was born on 1786-01-08.
What did Nicholas Biddle do in response to President Jackson's veto
Nicholas Biddle (1786 - 1844) was an American financier who served as the president of the Second Bank of the United States.
Nicholas Biddle was born on January 8, 1786 and died on February 27, 1844. Nicholas Biddle would have been 58 years old at the time of death or 229 years old today.
Biddle was the president of the bank and certainly did not intend to kill it, but his challenge to Andrew Jackson to have the charter renewed in an election year did result its demise, so in a sense he helped kill it.
Nicholas Biddle