16.D.) Lincoln the lawyer; an interview with Brian Dirck

16.D.) Lincoln the lawyer; an interview with Brian Dirck

Abraham Lincoln is the most experienced trial lawyer we've ever elected president, with more than two decades of experience litigating in the courtroom. Join me as I talk to Brian Dirck, a professor of History at Anderson University in Anderson, Indiana, and author of Lincoln the Lawyer, as we discuss how those decades of practicing the law prepared Lincoln for the legal landmines he had to navigate to win the Civil War and free the slaves.Support the show

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11.) James K. Polk 1845-1849

11.) James K. Polk 1845-1849

No president better captures the spirit of Manifest Destiny than James K. Polk. When he entered office, the United States had a disputed claim to Oregon, and that's about it. When he left office, the ...

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10.) John Tyler 1841-1845

10.) John Tyler 1841-1845

President John Tyler was so hated, he was burned in effigy by his own party before being kicked out of the party and made into a political pariah. And that's BEFORE he committed treason. Follow along...

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A.) Sam Houston, The Raven

A.) Sam Houston, The Raven

Sam Houston was never president of the United States, but he was the first president of the Independent Republic of Texas, one of the first senators of the state of Texas, and was ejected from the gov...

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09.) William Henry Harrison 1841-1841

09.) William Henry Harrison 1841-1841

When William Henry Harrison pledged to only serve one term as president, he probably expected that term to last more than one month, but a disease lurking in the D.C. sanitation system had other plans...

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08.) Martin Van Buren 1837-1841

08.) Martin Van Buren 1837-1841

How does Martin Van Buren rise from being an impoverished child with no education to taking over New York State politics, forging the Democratic Party, and creating the modern two-party system? He doe...

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07.) Andrew Jackson 1829 - 1837

07.) Andrew Jackson 1829 - 1837

How does an uneducated man with a fiery temper, a treasonous past, and a propensity for murder become president? He does it by winning a famous military victory, of course! Andrew Jackson is the Hero ...

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06.) John Quincy Adams 1825 - 1829

06.) John Quincy Adams 1825 - 1829

Full disclosure, John Quincy Adams is my favorite early president. Not for anything he did as president - he was a total failure there. But because of what he did after the presidency, when he returne...

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05.) James Monroe 1817-1825

05.) James Monroe 1817-1825

James Monroe has been called the Forrest Gump of Founding Fathers - he just keeps showing up everywhere! But that doesn't mean he isn't sharp. Monroe dropped out of college to fight in the revolution,...

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