The Peggy Eaton Affair, or Petticoat Affair, is one of the most intriguing political scandals in early U.S. history, involving President Andrew Jackson, his Cabinet, and a scandalous dispute centered around the wife of Jackson's Secretary of War, John Eaton. This personal drama quickly escalated into a full-blown political crisis that reshaped Jackson's administration and revealed the complicated intersection of gender, politics, and power struggles in 19th-century America. The scandal would have lasting consequences for political allegiances and Jackson's inner circle.
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