Andrew Jackson’s presidency was marred by controversy and struggle in one form or another. The Bank War was characterized by the grappling between Andrew Jackson and the Bank of America, more specifically, Nicholas Biddle. Jackson held the belief that the Second Bank of America allowed too much economic control to be given over to elites and kept it out of the reach of the public. Biddle thus retaliated by bringing the issue to the likes of Henry Clay, a known and staunch opponent of Jackson, and the National Republicans, which devolved into becoming an issue to drive Clay’s presidential campaign. Andrew Jackson held firm in his belief and shot down a bill that tried to extend the Bank of America’s charter and stipulated that the bank would receive no more federal funds. Biddle once again took it upon himself to retaliate against Andrew Jackson and his orders. Biddle requested loans that harmed credit, but eventually, he relinquished not before gaining a charter with Pennsylvania to keep the bank going. The continuation of the bank was short-lived, as it would soon have to shut down.