11.) James K. Polk 1845-1849
No president better captures the spirit of Manifest Destiny than James K. Polk. When he entered office, the United States had a disputed claim to Oregon, and that's about it. When he left office, the ...
1 Dec 202050min
10.) John Tyler 1841-1845
President John Tyler was so hated, he was burned in effigy by his own party before being kicked out of the party and made into a political pariah. And that's BEFORE he committed treason. Follow along...
1 Nov 202054min
A.) Sam Houston, The Raven
Sam Houston was never president of the United States, but he was the first president of the Independent Republic of Texas, one of the first senators of the state of Texas, and was ejected from the gov...
22 Okt 202053min
09.) William Henry Harrison 1841-1841
When William Henry Harrison pledged to only serve one term as president, he probably expected that term to last more than one month, but a disease lurking in the D.C. sanitation system had other plans...
1 Okt 202040min
08.) Martin Van Buren 1837-1841
How does Martin Van Buren rise from being an impoverished child with no education to taking over New York State politics, forging the Democratic Party, and creating the modern two-party system? He doe...
1 Sep 202053min
07.) Andrew Jackson 1829 - 1837
How does an uneducated man with a fiery temper, a treasonous past, and a propensity for murder become president? He does it by winning a famous military victory, of course! Andrew Jackson is the Hero ...
1 Aug 202053min
06.) John Quincy Adams 1825 - 1829
Full disclosure, John Quincy Adams is my favorite early president. Not for anything he did as president - he was a total failure there. But because of what he did after the presidency, when he returne...
4 Juli 202053min
05.) James Monroe 1817-1825
James Monroe has been called the Forrest Gump of Founding Fathers - he just keeps showing up everywhere! But that doesn't mean he isn't sharp. Monroe dropped out of college to fight in the revolution,...
1 Juli 202055min
