During the Peggy Eaton social scandal, Andrew Jackson said that Vice President Calhoun was a dangerous, unprincipled man who "wo
uld sacrifice his friend, his country, and forsake his god for selfish personal ambition." What does this quotation reveal about the impact of the Peggy Eaton affair on Andrew Jackson's administration?
The quotation showed the struggling relationship between President Jackson and Vice President Calhoun in Jackson's first-term. While Jackson tried to end the cabinet wives' oppositions of the secretary of war John Eaton's controversial marriage, Calhoun chose to stand with his wife who was the anti-Peggy ringleader. The infamous dispute would almost have destroyed Jackson's achievements in his first term unless Martin Van Buren had sacrificed his position at State Department by resigning, which allowed Jackson to remove his anti-Eaton cabinet members. Calhoun was not renominated for vice president and resigned shortly before the end of his term.
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