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Margaret Eaton (née O'Neill, formerly Timberlake, later Buchignani; December 3, 1799 – November 8, 1879), was the wife of John Henry Eaton, a United States senator from Tennessee and United States Secretary of War, and a confidant of Andrew Jackson.
Margaret "Peggy" Eaton was the eldest daughter of William O'Neill, owner of the Franklin House, a boarding house and tavern located in Washington, D.C., a short distance from the White House, that was a well-known social hub popular with politicians and military officials.
Margaret O'Neill (o O'Neale) Eaton (3 diciembre 1799 a 8 noviembre 1879), más conocido como Peggy Eaton, era la esposa de John Henry Eaton, un senador de Estados Unidos de Tennessee y Estados Unidos Secretario de la Guerra, y confidente de Andrew Jackson.
Not only was Margaret O'Neale Eaton born in Washington, she spent most of her life there, and indeed her personal history is intimately tied to the city's growth. Both she and Washington were infants in 1799, the year Eaton claims, and most historians accept, as her birth year.
Margaret O'Neill (o O'Neale) Eaton (3 de diciembre de 1799 - 8 de noviembre de 1879), También conocida con el nombre de Peggy Eaton, jugó un papel central en el asunto Petticoat a través de su matrimonio con el senador John Henry Eaton, que provocó la disolución de la firma de Andrew Jackson.
Margaret O'Neill Eaton, better known as "Peggy O'Neill", was the daughter of the keeper of a popular Washington tavern, and was noted for her beauty, wit and vivacity. About 1823, she married a purser in the United States Navy, John B. Timberlake, who committed suicide while on service in the Mediterranean in 1828.
Margaret “Peggy” Timberlake Eaton has been the subject of books and even one Hollywood film (The Gorgeous Hussy) and is oftentimes portrayed as the vixen who nearly caused the collapse of President Andrew Jackson’s administration.
