Nicholas Biddle

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banker financier human politician

Nicholas Biddle was an American financier and president of the Second Bank of the United States, best known for his central role in the Bank War against Andrew Jackson in the 1830s.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	banker → financier → human → politician →
conflict	Bank War →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1786-01-08 →
dateOfDeath	1844-02-27 →
describedBySource	Biographical Directory of the United States Congress → Encyclopaedia Britannica →
educatedAt	Princeton University →
employer	Second Bank of the United States →
ethnicGroup	White American →
familyName	Biddle →
father	Charles Biddle →
fieldOfWork	banking → finance → monetary policy →
genre	economic policy →
givenName	Nicholas →
hasCauseOfDeath	respiratory illness →
knownFor	central role in the Bank War against Andrew Jackson → defense of the Second Bank of the United States →
languageSpoken	English →
memberOf	American Philosophical Society → Pennsylvania state legislature →
notableWork	leadership of the Second Bank of the United States → role in the Bank War →
occupation	banker → financier → politician →
opponent	Andrew Jackson →
partOf	Biddle family of Philadelphia →
placeOfBirth	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania →
placeOfDeath	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania →
positionHeld	President of the Second Bank of the United States → member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives →
religion	Episcopalian →
residence	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania →
sibling	James Biddle →
significantEvent	veto of the Second Bank recharter bill → withdrawal of federal deposits from the Second Bank of the United States →
spouse	Jane Craig →
timePeriod	Jacksonian era → early 19th century →
workLocation	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania → Washington, D.C. →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Second Bank of the United States →	president
Second Bank of the United States →	supportedBy