Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), 7th President of the United States, Thomas Hart Benton (1782-1858), US Senator from Missouri, and Martin Van Buren (1782-1862), 8th President of the United States, view a canvas painted by Edward Williams Clay (1799-1857) showing Jackson in Araby, Benton on the coast of Guinea and Van Buren back at Kinderbook. Their plight reflects their banking policy;