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Jackson ran for reelection in 1832 on the Bank issue and he interpreted his resounding triumph at the polls as public disapproval of the Bank. He pressured McLane to remove government deposits from the Bank, since the Secretary of the Treasury was the only person authorized to do so. Though McLane refused to withdraw the deposits, he wanted to avoid further conflict with Jackson and readily agreed to move to the position of Secretary of State when that office became available in 1833. About the Artist Born in Wytheville, Virginia in 1832, Flavius J. Fisher (1832–1905) was sent to the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts to study drawing when he was twelve. Later, traveling to Germany, he was the first American to be admitted to the Berlin Institute of Art. Returning to America, Fisher settled in Lynchburg, Virginia and painted the portraits of many leading citizens. After 1882 he had a studio in the Corcoran Building in Washington, D.C. where he painted portraits of figures prominent in Washington politics. His portrait of Louis McLane, executed in 1893, was copied from a life portrait by Gilbert Stuart Newton that is still in the possession of the McLane family. Office of the Curator
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