Question

This president’s Secretary of War was a secret agent who had fought the Khan of Kuban to rescue his stolen horses and drafted the Chilean constitution at his home. This president combated the Hunter’s Lodge during the Patriot War to quash sympathy with Canada. This president’s “pretty tapering soft, white lily fingers” were criticized in a speech (-5[1])denouncing the “regal splendor of the President’s Palace.” This president led an organization that grew out of the Bucktails, was opposed by Thurlow Weed, and split into the Barnburners and Hunkers in Albany. This president (10[1])was attacked (10[1])in the “Golden Spoon” oration and called a “used-up man” (10[1])in a campaign song by William Henry Harrison. For 10 points, name this president who grappled with the Panic of 1837. (10[1])■END■ (10[4]0[3])

ANSWER: Martin Van Buren (His Secretary of War was Joel Roberts Poinsett.)
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