The unofficial group of advisors to President Andrew Jackson, active mainly during his first term (1829-1833), included:
Amos Kennedy, newspaper editor from Kentucky
Andrew J. Donelson, Jackson’s personal secretary
William B. Lewis, an old military comrade
Martin Van Buren, secretary of state
John H. Eaton, secretary of war
Duff Green, newspaper editor; replaced in midterm by Francis J. Blair