Background
She was born Floride Bonneau Colhoun to United States. Senator John E. Colhoun and Floride Bonneau. On January 8, 1811, she married John C. Calhoun, her first-cousin-once-removed (her father"s first cousin).
She was born Floride Bonneau Colhoun to United States. Senator John E. Colhoun and Floride Bonneau. On January 8, 1811, she married John C. Calhoun, her first-cousin-once-removed (her father"s first cousin).
She is best known for her leading role in the Petticoat Affair. She was a niece of Rebecca Pickens, wife of Andrew Pickens. Andrew Pickens (1811–1865).
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Floride Pure (1814–1815). 3. Jane (1816–1816); 4. Anna Maria (1817–1875).
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Elizabeth (1819–1820). 6. Patrick (1821–1858). 7. John Caldwell, Junior.
(1823–1850).
8. Martha Cornelia (1824–1857). 9. James Edward (1826–1861). And 10. William Lowndes (1829–1858).
Eight years later in 1825, she became of the United States, following her husband"s election as Vice President, serving in that role until 1832.
Petticoat affair During her tenure as, she became embroiled in a social scandal involving Margaret O"Neill Eaton, the wife of Secretary of War John Eaton, in what became known as the Petticoat affair. lieutenant is alleged that after he heard the allegations of the affair, Timberlake committed suicide while at sea, although official reports put his death as pulmonary disease.
Others who believed that he committed suicide contended that Timberlake"s severe debt provided a motive. Mistress "s involvement in the social ostracism of Mistress
Eaton further damaged strained relations between Vice President and President Andrew Jackson.
Following her husband"s resignation as Vice President and election to the United States Senate, she returned to "Fort Hill," resuming her former status as a plantation mistress. Her husband died in 1850. A year later, she moved to a smaller house in Pendleton, South Carolina, which she dubbed "Mi Casa" in 1855.
She endured the deaths of six of her seven surviving children.
After Andrew died in 1865, she filed for foreclosure against Andrew"s heirs. Following her death in 1866, the Fort Hill plantation was auctioned at Walhalla in 1872, after lengthy legal proceedings.
The scandal resulted in the resignation of several members of Jackson"s Cabinet in 1831, one exception being Postmaster General William T. Barry.