The heritage of a southern gentleman
Pursuit of a career
Life in Frederick
The Federalist schism
Problems of local statesmanship
Changing scenes
In the ranks with Andrew Jackson
The Jackson cabinet
The beginning of the bank war
The veto
Skirmishes
Removing the deposits
The panic session
Rejected
From defeat to victory
Aftermath
The new Supreme Court
The rights of property
The control of commerce
Rumblings of the distant drum
The spoils of office and changing personnel
Lights and shadows of the afternoon
Storm clouds of sectional strife
Dred Scott and after
Nullification
Civil war and military rule
The end of a career.