Louis McLane was an American politician. He was born in 1786 at Delaware and died in 1857. He was a Representative in Congress from 1817 to 1827, Senator from 1827 to 1829, Minister to England from 1829 to 1831, and Secretary of the Treasury in Andrew Jackson's Cabinet from 1831 to 1833, when he resigned rather than order the removal of the deposits. He was then Secretary of State for a year. In 1845 to 1846 he was again Minister to England. Research Louis McLane
Thomas Ewing was an American statesman. He was born in 1789 at Ohio and died in 1871. He was admitted to the bar in 1816. From 1831 until 1837 he represented Ohio in the US Senate, where he supported Clay's tariff system, advocated the recharter of the US Bank, and also the Force Bill, and opposed the removal of the deposits from the US Bank. In 1841 he was appointed Secretary of the Treasury in Harrison's Cabinet, and was the first Secretary of the Interior, serving in Taylor's Cabinet from 1849 until 1850. From 1850 to 1851 he was in the US Senate, succeeding Thomas Corwin. Research Thomas Ewing
The Removal of the Deposits was an anti-corruption move pursued by American President Andrew Jackson. On being successful in the election of 1832, he believed himself authorized by the popular voice to pursue to extremities his war upon the Bank of the United States. By the Act of 1816 creating the bank, the funds of the Federal Government were to be deposited in it, subject to removal by the Secretary of the Treasury, who should state to Congress the reasons for so doing. President Andrew Jackson, believing that the bank was unsound, and that its influence was used to corrupt politics, determined that the deposits should be removed. McLane, Secretary of the Treasury, not favouring this course, was transferred to the State Department. The new Secretary, Duane, refused to give the necessary order, and was dismissed by Andrew Jackson. Roger B Taney was then appointed, and ordered the removal, more strictly cessation, of deposits on September the 26th 1833. Andrew Jackson set forth his reasons to Congress, on its assembling. The Senate replied by a vote of censure. Jackson sent in a protest, declaring that the matter rested entirely within his competence as head of the Executive Department. In 1837 his friends succeeded in inducing the Senate to expunge its resolution of censure. Research Removal of the Deposits
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