Hello, friends. Welcome. So glad you're here with me for another episode of Here's

Where It Gets Interesting. Today, we're going to talk about a first lady who never got the

opportunity to step foot inside the White House because she died. Can you call her at first lady?

We'll discuss.

We'll discuss.

She died after her husband won his presidential election, but before he was inaugurated.

Do you see how this is like a, this is a little murky?

She did, however, have an undeniably major impact on her husband's two-term presidency.

And I know we all love to hate him.

But during this episode, we're going to discuss the lifelong and, at times, scandalous love and devotion between President Andrew Jackson and his wife, Rachel.

I'm Sharon McMahon.

And here's work. It's interesting.

So on April 13, 1827, a half a page of letters to the editor appeared in one of New York City's

newspapers, The Evening Post.

These printed letters all weighed in on the same topic, and they were only a handful of the

letters that were regularly showing up in the mailrooms of newspapers across the country.

Everyone had an opinion.

And the subject of the debate, the good name and reputation of Rachel Donaldson Jackson,

the wife of presidential candidate, Andrew Jackson.

Before Rachel, no one had really questioned the suitability of a presidential

candidate's wife. Sure, you know, past presidents and their families had found themselves

under periods of scrutiny. But in the months leading up to the 1828 election, Rachel Jackson

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