He resigned as Secretary of State after the Peggy Eaton affair and as President, he rejected Mormon pleas to override the Extermination Order.
After supporting William H. Crawford, this politician received Georgia's vote for Vice President and, as a governor, passed the Bank Safety Act. He resigned as Secretary of State after the Peggy Eaton affair and as President, he rejected Mormon pleas to override the Extermination Order. During his presidency, Winfield Scott fought Canada over a Maine boundary dispute, and Canadian loyalists burned and threw an American ship over Niagara Falls. Besides dealing with the Aroostook War and the Caroline Affair, he ran for President as a Free Soiler in 1848. Name this "Little Magician" who dealt with the Panic of 1837 just after succeeding Andrew Jackson as President.
After supporting William H. Crawford, this politician received Georgia's vote for Vice President and, as a governor, passed the Bank Safety Act.
Martin {van Buren}