William Henry Harrison: Tippecanoe, 51 Million Acres, Log Cabin Politics
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!William Henry Harrison, born in Virginia in 1773, was the last president born a British subject ...
29 Sep 25min
Elihu Root: Tweed's Lawyer, War Secretary, and Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Elihu Root was born in 1845 in Clinton, New York, the son of a mathematics professor, and studie...
29 Sep 22min
Brien McMahon: The Atomic Energy Act Author Who Pushed for the H-Bomb
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Brien McMahon was born James O'Brien McMahon in Norwalk, Connecticut, in 1903, graduated from Fo...
29 Sep 22min
James Abourezk: First Arab American Senator and Indian Child Welfare Act
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!James Abourezk was born in 1931 in Wood, South Dakota, to Charles and Lena, Lebanese Greek Ortho...
29 Sep 19min
Jefferson Davis: Buena Vista Hero to Confederate President, Never Tried
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Jefferson Davis was born in Kentucky in 1808, the youngest of 10 children, and raised in Mississ...
29 Sep 21min
Compromise of 1850: Clay's Omnibus Bill, Fugitive Slave Act, 10 Year Truce
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!By late 1849 the U.S. House had voted more than 60 times without electing a Speaker, fistfights ...
29 Sep 24min
Spencer Abraham: Federalist Society Founder Who Ran the Energy Department
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Spencer Abraham was born in 1952 in East Lansing, Michigan, to a family of Lebanese descent, and...
29 Sep 16min
Spark Matsunaga: 442nd Veteran Who Won a Poet Laureate and Redress
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Spark Matsunaga was born Masayuki Matsunaga on Kauai in 1916 to Japanese immigrant parents and p...
29 Sep 16min
