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		December 11, 2013

Documents on the organization and powers of the executive branch, presidential policies, current and past presidents. Search text for presidency Browse Documents on the Court's organization and powers, landmark cases, constitutional law, current and past justices. Search text for Supreme Court Browse Documents on Congress's organization and powers, the legislative process, policy, current and past members. Search text for Congress Browse Documents on the U.S. electoral process, political parties and campaigns, voting rights and trends. Search text for elections Browse   Documents on the U.S. Constitution and the rights and issues it has shaped for over two centuries. Search text for Constitution Browse   One of the earliest and most bizarre executive branch scandals centered on Peggy Eaton, the wife of President Andrew Jackson's secretary of war, John Eaton. The other cabinet wives refused to accept Mrs. Eaton into Washington society because of her allegedly promiscuous past. Although Jackson sided with the Eatons, the so-called petticoat wars escalated, disrupting cabinet affairs for two years. In 1831 Secretary of State Martin Van Buren resigned along with Eaton, permitting Jackson to shake up his cabinet. Jackson rewarded Van Buren in 1832 by dumping Vice President John C. Calhoun and replacing him with Van Buren, who won the presidency four years later.  more...

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