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PETTICOAT
**The Petticoat Affair** (1829–1831) was a Washington, D.C. social scandal in which the wives of President Andrew Jackson's cabinet members, led by Floride Calhoun, socially ostracized Peggy Eaton, the wife of Secretary of War John Eaton, over questions about her moral character. The conflict deepened rifts within Jackson's administration, contributed to the resignation of Vice President John C. C