What scandals were President Jackson involved in?

Answer 1

There was a scandal about his marriage to a divorced woman. Not only was she divorced,

but they lived together before the divorce became final, although they claimed that they

had been told that the divorce was final before they moved in together and that they

were married at that time in Natchez, which was controlled by Spain.

There was a scandal when his Secretary of War, John Eaton married an innkeepers daughter

,who tended bar, knew how to please men and was not the kind of lady admired by the

other Cabinet wives and the high society of Washington. Moreover she was married to

a man at sea when Eaton first met her, and people said they were sleeping together before

his husband died at sea.

Answer 2

The only scandalous thing that he was directly involved in was his marriage.

His wife was separated, but not legally divorced when they began living together.

What actually happened is murky- Jackson asserted later that they believed that

her husband had obtained a divorce in VA and that they were married in Spanish territory

before they moved in together, but no record of the marriage has been found.

Later, the husband did get a legal divorce and they married again in the US.

There was a scandal about the wife of Jackson's secretary of War, John Eaton.

People in DC said she was sleeping with him before her first husband died at sea, and

the society ladies in DC would not socialize with her, causing a lot of turmoil.