William F. Knowland: Youngest Majority Leader and the 1958 Big Switch
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!William F. Knowland was born in 1908 in Alameda, California, heir to a lumber fortune and son of...
29 Sep 21min
Karl Mundt: Voice of America Author and His Three Years of Silence
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Karl Mundt was born in 1900 in Humboldt, South Dakota, earned an economics degree from Carleton ...
29 Sep 17min
The Great Triumvirate: Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun and Daniel Webster
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Henry Clay of Kentucky, John C. Calhoun of South Carolina and Daniel Webster of New England domi...
29 Sep 21min
Joseph McCarthy and the Army Hearings: G. David Schine to Joseph Welch
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In February 1950 in Wheeling, West Virginia, Senator Joseph McCarthy claimed to hold a list of 2...
29 Sep 23min
Albert Gallatin: Ousted Swiss Senator Who Financed Louisiana Purchase
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Albert Gallatin was born in Geneva in 1761 to a wealthy aristocratic family, was orphaned young,...
29 Sep 24min
Daniel J. Evans: Engineer Governor Who Saved Washington's Wilderness
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Daniel J. Evans was born in Seattle in 1925 to a family that reached Washington Territory in 185...
29 Sep 22min
James Monroe: Trenton Wound, Louisiana Purchase and the Monroe Doctrine
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!James Monroe enrolled at the College of William and Mary at 16, then left and joined classmates ...
29 Sep 22min
Dale Bumpers: Integrating Charleston Schools to Defending Bill Clinton
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Dale Bumpers was born in 1925 in Charleston, Arkansas, served in the Marine Corps in World War I...
29 Sep 19min
