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When did John David Eaton die?
John David Eaton died in 1973.
When did John Randolph Hearst die?
John Randolph Hearst died in 1958.
What did Lord Randolph die of?
Sir John Randolph was born in 1693.
Is John Randolph .edmund randolphs dad?
Yes edmund the famous politician's father is John randolph
What is the birth name of John Thune?
John Thune's birth name is John Randolph Thune.
Why was the Peggy Eaton affair significant?
The Peggy Eaton Affair caused 1) Van Buren to become president 2) John Calhoun to not become president 3) the split between north and south that led to the Civil War 4) the first time any Cabinet member to be fired (and the entire cabinet was fired). If you want to read a well documented historical novel on the incident, see "The Breath of Suspicion" on Kindle.
What is the petticoat affair?
The Petticoat Affair involved Andrew Jackson, his Secretary of War John Eaton, and Eaton's second wife, Margaret O'Neill Timberlake Eaton. She was from the lower class, Irish and was raised in her father's Washington boarding house. From birth, she personally knew senators, congressman, ambassadors and supreme court judges. She felt she owned Washington and knew more about the government than anyone. When her first husband was at sea, she was seen everywhere in the company of John Eaton, a rich widower from Tennessee and was banned from society. When her husband died, she quickly married Eaton. When Jackson then made Eaton Secretary of War, Peggy became the second highest ranked woman in Washington society. The women of Washington shunned her, which caused the Petticoat Affair that lasted for two years and ended up with Jackson firing his entire cabinet, and the Sec of War chasing the Sec of the Treasury with loaded weapons and intent to kill. See "The Breath of Suspicion" on kindle. It's a well documented historical novel on the affair.
Who was Peggy Eaton?
Margaret O'Neale Eaton ( 3 December 1799 - 8 November 1879), better known as Peggy Eaton, was the daughter of the keeper of a popular Washington, D.C. tavern, and was noted for her beauty, wit and vivacity and her central role in the Petticoat Affair that disrupted the cabinet of Andrew Jackson. She is often referred to as "The (First) First Mistress." About 1823, she married a purser in the United States Navy, John B. Timberlake, who committed suicide while on service in the Mediterranean in 1828. In the following year she married John Henry Eaton (1790-1856), a Tennessee politician, at the time a member of the United States Senate. Senator Eaton was a close personal friend of President Andrew Jackson, who in 1829 appointed him Secretary of War. This sudden elevation of Mrs. Eaton into the cabinet social circle was resented by the wives of several of Jackson's secretaries, and charges were made against her of improper sexual conduct with Eaton previous to her marriage to him. The refusal of the wives of the cabinet members to recognize the wife of his friend angered President Jackson, and he tried in vain to coerce them. Eventually, and partly for this reason, he almost completely reorganized his cabinet. The effect of the incident on the political fortunes of the vice-president, John C. Calhoun, whose wife, Floride Calhoun, was one of the recalcitrants, was perhaps most important. Partly on this account, Jackson's favor was transferred from Calhoun to Martin Van Buren, the Secretary of State, who had taken Jackson's side in the quarrel and had shown marked attention to Mrs. Eaton, and whose subsequent elevation to the vice-presidency and presidency through Jackson's favor is no doubt partly attributable to this incident. After the death of her husband she married a young Italian dancing-master, Antonio Buchignani on June 7, 1859. She was 59 and he was in his twenties. In their seventh year of marriage, 1866, Buchignani ran off with the bulk of her money and her granddaughter. She obtained a divorce from him and died in poverty in Washington D.C. on 8 November 1879.The Peggy Eaton affair was a scandal that occurred during the presidency of Andrew Jackson. It revolved around the alleged affair between Senator John Henry Eaton and Margaret Timberlake. It is also commonly referred to as the Petticoat affair.
Who was the innkeeper's daughter who scandalized Washington society by marrying a member of Andrew Jackson's cabinet?
Her name was Margaret "Peggy" O'Neil. His name was John Eaton.
What was the petticoat affair?
An inside the beltway scandal involving Secretary of War John Henry Eaton and a widowed lady. Much scandal about nothing.
When did John David Eaton die?
John David Eaton died in 1973.
When was John David Eaton born?
John David Eaton was born in 1909.
When was John Craig Eaton born?
John Craig Eaton was born in 1876.
When did John Craig Eaton die?
John Craig Eaton died in 1922.
What has the author John Eaton Alden written?
John Eaton Alden has written: 'Eaton family of Dedham and the Powder House Rock'
When did John Eaton - politician - die?
John Eaton - politician - died on 1856-11-17.
When was John Eaton - politician - born?
John Eaton - politician - was born on 1790-06-18.
