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Cabinet Crisis Exposed in Eaton Controversy 1831
Long excerpted letters reveal a heated dispute over Andrew Jackson’s cabinet reshuffle and accusations by critics of a covert faction of “personal, political, long tried friends” attempting to dictate appointments. Daniel Branch, Edward Berrien, and others defend conduct while Eaton recounts slander, family attacks, and politics behind the cabinet’s dissolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HERALD
FREDERICK TOWN
Communications
EATON
Messrs. Ingham
Branch and Berrien
cabinet
City of Washington
gen. Jackson
judge White
senate
Van Buren
Ingham
Pennsylvania
Barry
Branch
North Carolina
Berrien
Ture
eld
eriien
Sats
Telegraph
major Eaton
M’Lean
war department
Mr. Berrien
M*Lean
Messrs
Calhoun
Inhams
Berriens
Jackson
McLean
post office
war
navy
navy department
Philadelphia
Washington
Hope
Tinderlake
Kendall
Timberlakes
Richard M. Johnson
Col. Johnson
Johnson
atman
congress
department of war
Ingham, Branch
Calyhoun
Warj Department