The Petticoat Affair: Scandal in Jackson’s Cabinet
The Petticoat Affair was a political scandal that took place from 1829 to 1831, involving members of President Andrew Jackson’s Cabinet and their wives. Reportedly led by Floride Calhoun, the wife of Vice President John C. Calhoun, the women involved went to great lengths to publicly ostracize and exclude Secretary of War John Eaton and his wife, Peggy O’Neale…