Benjamin Wade, Radical Republican One Vote From the Presidency in 1868
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Benjamin Wade was born in Massachusetts in 1800 and dug the Erie Canal before studying law and p...
29 Sep 24min
Benjamin Harrison, the President Afraid of His Own Light Switches
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd president, was the grandson of President William Henry Harrison and ...
29 Sep 22min
Ben Nighthorse Campbell: Orphanage Kid, Olympic Judoka, Senate Maverick
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Ben Nighthorse Campbell was born Benny Campbell in 1933 in Auburn, California, to Mary, a Portug...
29 Sep 20min
Barack Obama: From a Jakarta Childhood to Two Terms in the White House
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Barack Obama was born in Honolulu in 1961, making him the only U.S. president born outside the c...
29 Sep 21min
Carter Glass: Father of the Federal Reserve and Virginia's Poll Tax
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Carter Glass, born in Lynchburg, Virginia, in 1858, lost his mother at age two, was raised large...
29 Sep 18min
Arthur Vandenberg: From Diehard Isolationist to Architect of NATO
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Arthur Vandenberg, a Republican U.S. Senator from Michigan, went from one of the Senate's most e...
29 Sep 22min
Albert B. Fall and Teapot Dome: The Cabinet Bribe That Sent Him to Prison
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Albert B. Fall, Secretary of the Interior under President Warren G. Harding, became the first U....
29 Sep 22min
Al D'Amato, Senator Pothole: Phone Book Filibusters and Local Fixes
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Al D'Amato served as a Republican U.S. Senator from New York from 1981 to 1999. Born in Brooklyn...
29 Sep 20min
