Joan Crawford

Margaret "Peggy" O'Neal

Robert Taylor

'Bow' Timberlake

Lionel Barrymore

Andrew Jackson

Franchot Tone

John H. Eaton

Melvyn Douglas

John Randolph

James Stewart

Roderick "Rowdy" Dow

Beulah Bondi

Rachel Jackson

Alison Skipworth

Mrs. Beall

Louis Calhern

Leroy Sunderland

Melville Cooper

Cuthbert

Sidney Toler

Daniel Webster

Gene Lockhart

Maj. William O'Neal

Clara Blandick

Louisa Abbott

Frank Conroy

John C. Calhoun

Nydia Westman

Maybelle

Willard Robertson

Secretary Ingham

Charles Trowbridge

Martin Van Buren

Rubye De Remer

Mrs. Bellamy

Betty Blythe

Mrs. Wainwright

Zeffie Tilbury

Mrs. Daniel Beall

Harry C. Bradley

President's Secretary (uncredited)

Allen 'Farina' Hoskins

Pageboy at Ball (uncredited)

William Orlamond

Herr Joab Oxenrider (uncredited)

Frank Reicher

Commander of U.S.S. Constitution (uncredited)

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones

Horatius (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Guest at the ball