Peggy Eaton and the Petticoat Affair of 1831

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The "Jacksonian Democracy" was an era of dynamic change and deep partisanship. His first term was marred by what should have been a purely social affair. The History Guy remembers Peggy Eaton and the Petticoat Affair of 1831.

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