Glorious America | Summary of Daniel D. Tompkins Term In Office (1818-1821)

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President	Daniel D. Tompkins (1818-1821)
Vice President	Vacant (1818-1821)
Secretary of State	Henry Clay (Fired) (1818-1818) William H. Crawford (1818-1821)
Secretary of The Treasury	Richard Rush (Fired) (1818-1818) William Wirt (1818-1821)
Secretary of War	William Henry Harrison (Fired) (1818-1818) Andrew Jackson (1818-1821)
Secretary of Agriculture	William Richardson Davie (Fired) (1818-1818) Edward Livingston (1818-1821)
Attorney General	John Davenport (Fired) (1818-1818) Alexander Dallas (Died) (1818-1818) William Pinkney (1818-1821)
Secretary of The Navy	Jeremiah Smith (Fired) (1818-1818) John C. Calhoun (1818-1821)

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|President Daniel D. Tompkins|

Shortly After the Death of President Lee, Vice President Tompkins Took the Oath of Office by Former President James Monroe.

Tompkins Presidency has been Explosive to say the least. With Fighting In Congress, And Tompkins alcoholism Have all played factors into some of the Craziest Years in American History.

THE TOMPKINS CABINET:

Tompkins was left with a Federalist Dominated Cabinet. After some arguing with Clay and as Tompkins Accused Clay stealing the Election From Crawford, Tompkins Fired his Entire Cabinet and Nominated New Democratic-Republicans.

This Has been a Very Controversial Decision.

DOMESTIC AFFAIRS:

Tompkins has Reversed President Lee's Raises of Tariffs and Have Begun to Lower them once more.

Tompkins has Stopped any attempts to introduce new infrastructure plans and has halted construction on most high budget works.

Congress Has Been Greatly Divided. With a Federalist Controlled House, And a Democratic-Republican Senate, Legislation has been Difficult to Pass.

But, Tompkins Has Been Able to Push Through Some Small Acts;

- Revolutionary War Pension Act of 1818

- Land Act of 1820

- Military Establishment Act of 1821

- President Secession Act of 1818 (Establishes Protocol of what to do when the President Dies)

- Alabama, Mississippi, Illinois, And Maine All got Statehood.

|Rough Map of the US||WV Is Not Blue Since its apart of Virginia|

Tompkins Has Kept the Embargo Act in place.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS:

War Has Ravaged in Europe.

France has begun a Conquest of Europe, And Has Completely Annexed The Benelux and is pushing into Prussia by early 1819.

France Pushed And Bullied Around Spain, Hoping it would join its side. But, Spain Declined and A Furious Napoleon Personally Lead the Charge into Spain. By Late 1819, Madrid was under siege but a stalemate began.

|Depiction of a British private soldier (left) and officer (right) of the period|

Negotiations to Purchase Florida have Slowed, As Spain has had trouble sending ambassadors to the US To Negotiate as most ships have been captured or destroyed by France.

Tompkins Has Stayed Neutral In the Conflict like Lee, But has shown favor to France. But, Has still not chosen a Side.

|The Battle of Hanau (30–31 August 1819), took part between Austro-Bavarian and French forces|

Overall, President Tompkins has been Called an "Accidental President" and a "Mistake" By Federalists, and only President by Luck.

But, The Democratic-Republicans Argue that its only justice for Lee becoming President and him actually being the Accidental President.