Source: Wonderlist
6. The Petticoat Affair
In 1830 and 1831 President Andrew Jackson became embroiled in a scandal involving salacious rumors among his cabinet members and their wives. Vicious gossip circulated that Secretary of War John Eaton’s wife Peggy led an immoral and sexually promiscuous life prior to their marriage, while she was working as a bar maid. President Jackson supported Eaton and his wife, although they had been virtually ostracized from the cabinet and in the end Jackson fired nearly his entire cabinet to resolve the problem.
Jackson spent an enormous amount of time and attention on the Petticoat Affair during his early years in office rather than focusing on leading the nation. Jackson later remarked, “I [would] rather have live vermin on my back than the tongue of one of these Washington women on my reputation.”
Sometimes the worst effects of government scandals have more to do with cover-ups and investigations. The public becomes rightfully angry when they believe elected officials are trying to hide misdeeds. One of the most famous of these cases in recent memory is on the next slide:
Remember who is funding your welfare check?
Remember when all the presidents before didn’t care about the American people.
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