Question

This person used accounts from John Ordway to form a two-volume history of an event, with the third volume intended to be written by botanist Benjamin Smith Barton. Upon writing a memoir of the Tuesday Club founder Joseph Dennie, this person realized he would have to take over editing The Port Folio. This man’s brother Thomas grievously whipped a sleeping Spencer Pettis, causing a duel (10[1])in which both died because it was conducted at close range due to Thomas’s nearsightedness. William J. Duane refused to cripple an institution headed by this man, causing his replacement with Roger Taney (“TAW-nee”). With support from Daniel Webster and Henry Clay, this man tried to convince Andrew Jackson to extend an expiring charter; their failure exacerbated the Panic of 1837 and portended the rise of “wildcat” banks. For 10 points, name this last president of the Second Bank of the United (10[1])States. ■END■

ANSWER: Nicholas Biddle (The accounts of Ordway were used to write a history of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jonathan TranCornell AGeorgia Tech A6410
Anirudh BharadwajPenn AWUSTL B14510

Summary

2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y2100%0%0%104.50