[Abridged] Presidential Histories6 Sep 2021

20.A.) Garfield and the Gilded Age, an interview with Todd Arrington

James Garfield has been called, "The best president we never had." What did we lose when he was assassinated? A champion for the abandoned freedmen? A guiding light in an age of corruption? Or just another politician, same as the rest? Join me as I interview to Todd Arrington, a historian and site manager at the James A. Garfield National Historic Site in Mentor, Ohio, and author of The Last Lincoln Republican: The Presidential Election of 1880 , on what the nation lost when Garfield was as...

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03.) Thomas Jefferson 1801-1809

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02.) John Adams 1797-1801

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0.) Introduction

What can listeners expect from the [Abridged] Presidential Histories podcast? What was the inspiration? And who's hosting it? This brief introduction answers those basic questions.If you don't care ab...

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01.) George Washington 1789-1797

Everyone knows George Washington was the first president of the United States. But that little phrase, "First president of the United States," hides a big story. Washington entered an office imbued wi...

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