Glossary Term – Organization
Second Bank of the United States
The second Bank of the United States was chartered in 1816, five years after the demise of the first Bank of the United States. The bank and its president, Nicholas Biddle, came under fire from Andrew Jackson and his supporters in the presidential campaign of 1832, antagonism that continued with Jackson’s election and the Bank War. The bank’s charter expired in 1836, and it was re-chartered as the Bank of the United States of Pennsylvania.