14.) Franklin Pierce 1853-1857

14.) Franklin Pierce 1853-1857

"We Polked you in 44, we're Pierce you in 52!" Franklin Pierce may have my favorite campaign slogan yet. But in terms of presidencies, wow, this guy is a total disaster. I mean, Millard Fillmore just nuked the only major opposition party into oblivion. Governing should be easy, right? Not when you're Pierce, who do his best to one-up Fillmore and wreck the Democratic party on the bloody shoal known as "Bleeding Kansas." Follow along as Pierce falls hilariously short in his pursuit of ...

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28.B.) Woodrow Wilson's progressive legacy; an interview with John Milton Cooper

Woodrow Wilson is one of the most legislatively accomplished progressive presidents in American history. His list of achievements ranges from the first progressive income tax to the creation of the F...

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28.A.) Woodrow Wilson & the Spanish flu pandemic; an interview with John Barry

28.A.) Woodrow Wilson & the Spanish flu pandemic; an interview with John Barry

The Spanish flu of 1918 wasn't from Spain and it didn't start or end with 1918. It lasted for years, killed millions around the world, and it infected President Woodrow Wilson himself, right as he was...

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28.) Woodrow Wilson 1913-1921

Woodrow Wilson was once regarded as one of the great progressive presidents of the 20th century. Then historians took another look at his record on race. Today, he's a bit of a mixed bag. But one thin...

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27.B.) William Howard Taft, the presidential Chief Justice; an interview with Kevin Burns

27.B.) William Howard Taft, the presidential Chief Justice; an interview with Kevin Burns

William Howard Taft is the only American in history to serve as both president of the United States and chief justice of the Supreme Court. But how did his experience as president shape his leadership...

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27.A.) The rise and presidency of William Howard Taft; an interview with Peri Arnold

27.A.) The rise and presidency of William Howard Taft; an interview with Peri Arnold

To hear William Howard Taft tell it, all he ever wanted to do is be a federal judge. But people don't just accidentally become president. Join me as I talk with Peri Arnold, a professor Emeritus in ...

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27.) William Howard Taft 1909-1913

In 1908, Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft were such great friends, TR personally campaigned for Taft to succeed him to the presidency. Four years later, that relationship was so irrevocably ...

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26.E.) Theodore Roosevelt's post-presidential quest for death and glory; an interview with David Pietrusza

Theodore Roosevelt is the youngest American to become president. He's also the youngest American to become a former president, which means the hyper-energetic TR had plenty of time to do whatever he w...

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26.D.) Teddy Roosevelt, his cabinet, and a doomed bromance with William Howard Taft; an interview with Lindsay Chervinsky

26.D.) Teddy Roosevelt, his cabinet, and a doomed bromance with William Howard Taft; an interview with Lindsay Chervinsky

When Theodore Roosevelt was sworn in to replace the assassinated William McKinley, he was well aware that almost every previous accidental president had been a failure, and none had won reelection. H...

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