An opponent of New York governor DeWitt Clinton, he led the Albany Regency, a political machine created to challenge the governor.
An opponent of New York governor DeWitt Clinton, he led the Albany Regency, a political machine created to challenge the governor. Also the leader to Senate opposition to the presidency of John Quincy Adams. John Calhoun refused to approve his nomination for Minister to Great Britain, but Jackson would find another office for him. For 10 points, name this man nicknamed the "Red Fox of Kinderhook", Jackson's second vice president and also our eighth president.
An opponent of New York governor DeWitt Clinton, he led the Albany Regency, a political machine created to challenge the governor.
Martin {Van Buren}