Jackson supporter John Henry Eaton, US Senator…
March 1829 CE
Jackson supporter John Henry Eaton, US Senator from Tennessee, becomes Jackson’s secretary of war in 1829.
Jackson elevates the position of postmaster general, assumed by William T. Barry, to a cabinet-level office, making postmasterships and related positions patronage jobs doled out to the party faithful.
The “spoils system” (“to the victor the spoils”) become a hallmark of “Jacksonian Democracy”).
Samuel D. Ingham becomes Secretary of the Treasury.
Martin Van Buren is named Secretary of State.
John M. Berrien becomes Attorney General.
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