On February 22, 1837, Andrew Jackson hosted 10,000 people to eat a 1,400-pound cheese wheel in the White House.
While often cited as "weird history," the event was the finale of a decade of radical financial shifts that led to the Panic of 1837 just three months later.
Key Context:
The Bank War: Jackson’s dismantling of the Second Bank of the U.S. removed the nation's primary financial stabilizer.
The Specie Circular: His 1836 order requiring gold or silver for land purchases paralyzed credit markets.
The Crash: This triggered the worst economic depression the U.S. had seen to that date.
There's a good Dollop episode on this.There was so much cheese in the Whitehouse that it could be smelled from outside. Near the end of his term, he basically threw a giant cheese rager to get rid of it all. The party was so wild and caused such a scene that it ended the open door policy at the Whitehouse. People were literally so drunk they were leaning out of windows and throwing up.
When Martin Van Buren took office, he found a couple hundred pounds of cheese still hidden in a back room.
[OP] crix_22 | 25 days ago
On February 22, 1837, Andrew Jackson hosted 10,000 people to eat a 1,400-pound cheese wheel in the White House.
While often cited as "weird history," the event was the finale of a decade of radical financial shifts that led to the Panic of 1837 just three months later.
Key Context:
The Bank War: Jackson’s dismantling of the Second Bank of the U.S. removed the nation's primary financial stabilizer.
The Specie Circular: His 1836 order requiring gold or silver for land purchases paralyzed credit markets.
The Crash: This triggered the worst economic depression the U.S. had seen to that date.
shuttleguy11 | 24 days ago
And you've just made my list. - Leo McGarry
SnooMarzipans5706 | 24 days ago
Big block of cheese day!
airfryerfuntime | 24 days ago
There's a good Dollop episode on this.There was so much cheese in the Whitehouse that it could be smelled from outside. Near the end of his term, he basically threw a giant cheese rager to get rid of it all. The party was so wild and caused such a scene that it ended the open door policy at the Whitehouse. People were literally so drunk they were leaning out of windows and throwing up.
When Martin Van Buren took office, he found a couple hundred pounds of cheese still hidden in a back room.
HollywoodRS | 24 days ago
The West Wing has a few great episodes about this.
PrettyGorramShiny | 24 days ago
One featuring a young Nick Offerman!
Satoriinoregon | 24 days ago
There’s an episode of The Dollop podcast about this:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/10-the-jackson-cheese/id643055307?i=1000354624707
Shoddy-Patient9948 | 24 days ago
Andrew Jackson was the best president we've ever had in my opinion.
ZappySnap | 24 days ago
Sure if you ignore all the ethnic cleansing.
[OP] crix_22 | 24 days ago
We certainly haven’t seen anyone pay off the national debt recently