In his first State of the Union Address, this President announced the opening of formal diplomatic relations with Austria, Siam, and Muscat.
In his first State of the Union Address, this President announced the opening of formal diplomatic relations with Austria, Siam, and Muscat. His administration levied trade sanctions on Portugal in retaliation for discriminatory tonnage duties. The author of an Inquiry into the Origin and Course of Political Parties, he refused to provide aid to Governor Joseph Ritner during what was dubbed the Buckshot War. His cabinet included Secretary of War Joel Poinsett and Attorney General Felix Grundy, and he was opposed by a candidate who ran under the slogan "Log Cabin and Hard Cider." His vision of a Subtreasury system as a means of reform became reality long after he'd fist conceived it as a leader of the Bucktail faction. FTP, name this man who later ran on the Free Soil ticket, the "Red Fox of Kinderhook" or "Little Magician," who succeeded Andrew Jackson as President.
In his first State of the Union Address, this President announced the opening of formal diplomatic relations with Austria, Siam, and Muscat.
Martin {Van Buren}