Andrew Jackson's Kitchen Cabinet

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Andrew Jackson's Kitchen Cabinet was an informal group of trusted advisers and political allies who influenced President Andrew Jackson's administration outside the official cabinet structure.

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instanceOf informal advisory group
political faction
appliesToOfficeHolder Andrew Jackson
country United States
criticizedFor lack of accountability
undue influence on presidential decisions
describedBy term "Kitchen Cabinet" coined by political opponents
documentedIn 19th-century political newspapers
biographies of Andrew Jackson
endTime 1837
hasAnalogy modern informal presidential advisers
hasCause Eaton affair
distrust between Andrew Jackson and his official cabinet
hasEffect expansion of presidential advisory practices
strengthening the Democratic Party organization
hasPart Amos Kendall
Andrew Jackson Donelson
Francis Preston Blair
Isaac Hill
John Overton
Martin Van Buren
Roger B. Taney
linked to: Roger Brooke Taney

William B. Lewis NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod Antebellum United States
linked to: Antebellum period
inception 1829
influenced Indian removal policy debate
bank policy of Andrew Jackson
patronage decisions
policy of the Jackson administration
presidential messaging and public relations
spoils system practices
influencedBy party-building goals of the Democratic Party
personal loyalty to Andrew Jackson
locationOfMeetings Blair House (Washington, D.C.)
linked to: Blair House

White House
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party
namedAfter metaphor of entering through the White House kitchen
notableFor controversy over executive power
informal meetings at the White House
operating outside the formal cabinet structure
role in shaping Jacksonian democracy
operatedDuring presidency of Andrew Jackson
opposedBy Henry Clay
National Republican Party leaders
partOf Jacksonian democracy era
linked to: Jacksonian era
usedLanguage English

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Amos Kendall memberOf Andrew Jackson's Kitchen Cabinet