Simon Cameron: Pennsylvania Boss Lincoln Fired Over Arming Freed Slaves
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Simon Cameron was born in 1799 in Maytown, Pennsylvania, son of a tailor and tavern keeper who d...
29 Sep 24min
Frank Moss: Utah Senator in Disguise, Cigarette Ad Ban, Childproof Caps
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Frank Moss was born in 1911 in Holladay, Utah, the youngest of seven children of educator James ...
29 Sep 20min
Sam Houston: Governor of Two States Who Refused the Confederate Oath
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Sam Houston was born in Virginia in 1793, and after his father's death his mother moved the fami...
29 Sep 20min
Russell Long: Grandma Amendments, the EITC, and the New Orleans Saints
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Russell B. Long was born Huey Pierce Long III in 1918, son of Louisiana governor and senator Hue...
29 Sep 20min
Roscoe Conkling: Custom House Boss Who Twice Refused the Supreme Court
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Roscoe Conkling was born in Albany, New York, in 1829, son of a federal judge and congressman. S...
29 Sep 22min
Roman Hruska: The Senator Who Said Mediocre Judges Deserve a Seat
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Roman Hruska was born in 1904 in David City, Nebraska, one of 11 children of Czech immigrants, a...
29 Sep 18min
Roland Burris: A Trailblazer Mausoleum and the Blagojevich Senate Seat
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Roland Burris was born in 1937 in Centralia, Illinois, graduated from Southern Illinois Universi...
29 Sep 21min
Robert F. Wagner: Triangle Fire Investigator Who Wrote the Wagner Act
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Robert F. Wagner was born in Prussia in 1877 and came to New York in 1885, growing up in the Yor...
29 Sep 19min
