Research topic: Kitchen Cabinet

Kitchen Cabinet in U.S. history, popular name for the group of intimate, unofficial advisers of President Jackson . Early in his administration Jackson abandoned official cabinet meetings and used heads of departments solely to execute their departmental duties, while the policies of his administration were formed in meetings of the Kitchen Cabinet. The members of the informal cabinet included the elder Francis P. Blair , Duff Green , Isaac Hill, Amos Kendall , and William B. Lewis. John H. Eaton of the regular cabinet met with the group; Martin Van Buren also was taken into... Read more