Election College | Presidential Election History

It's time to play a little game we like to call "Slap your high school history teacher!" because we can pretty much bet they didn't teach you about John C. Breckinridge.  Breckinridge lead a pretty i...

13 Jul 201729min

In the fashion of continuing on with our episodes about Vice Presidents who never made it to the presidency, we're talking about William Rufus DeVane King!    King served a very short and not-so-eff...

11 Jul 201722min

George Dallas was a vice president of the United States - but there's still a pretty good chance that you've never heard of him! No stranger to politics or fancy lifestyles, Dallas was destined for g...

6 Jul 201723min

In the last episode we talked about all the rotten (and not so rotten) things that John C. Calhoun did. In this episode - we talk about some more! Also, Calhoun becomes vice-president and some other s...

29 Jun 201720min

Can you believe he married his cousin's kid? Yeah, it wasn't terribly uncommon in those days - but it certainly sounds weird now! John C. Calhoun lead an interesting life, did a lot of stuff (both po...

27 Jun 201721min

Richard Mentor Johnson had everything going for him right up until the point where he became Vice President. Check him out and find out everything you didn't know you didn't know in this episode!  __...

22 Jun 201726min

With Puerto Rico's recent vote to request statehood from the United States, we thought it would be a great time for a little refresher on how states have historically (and currently!) entered into the...

20 Jun 201723min

Ever heard of Daniel D. Tompkins? Yeah... neither have many other people. So we're here to tell you about him! This dude was flush with cash and didn't have a problem loaning it to the government - th...

15 Jun 201720min