7 апр 1831 г. - Wives of cabinet members refuse to socialize with Peggy Eaton, the wife of the Secretary of War. This tension leads Jackson to engineer a mass reshuffling of his cabinet. John Eaton resigns 04/09/1831; Martin Van Buren, Secretary of State, resigns 04/11/1831; Samuel Ingham, Secretary of the Treasury and John Branch, Secretary of the Navy resign 04/19/1831. Jackson requested the resignation of Attorney General John Berrien 06/15/1831. Referred to subsequently as the Petticoat Affair or Peggy Eaton Affair
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