Edward D. Baker: Lincoln's Friend and the Only Senator Killed in Battle
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Edward D. Baker was born in London in 1811 to poor Quaker parents who moved to Philadelphia in 1...
29 Sep 23min
Harrison Schmitt: Apollo 17 Geologist Turned New Mexico Senator
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Harrison "Jack" Schmitt was born in 1935 and grew up in the copper mining country of Santa Rita ...
29 Sep 20min
David Rice Atchison: The President for One Day Who Led Border Ruffians
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!David Rice Atchison was born in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1807 and attended Transylvania Universit...
29 Sep 21min
Thomas J. Walsh: Teapot Dome Prober Who Died on the Way to Washington
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Thomas J. Walsh was born in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, in 1859 to Irish Catholic immigrants Felix Wa...
29 Sep 18min
Reed Smoot: The Apostle Senator's Four Year Trial and Smoot-Hawley
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Reed Smoot was born in Salt Lake City in 1862, a son of mayor and Latter-day Saint leader Abraha...
29 Sep 19min
George Norris: Bouvet Island, a Liberty Ship and a Canadian Sculptor
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!This episode reads a single disambiguation page for the name George Norris as a composite biogra...
29 Sep 16min
Jon Corzine: Goldman Sachs Chief, New Jersey Governor, MF Global Collapse
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Jon Corzine was born in 1947 and grew up on a small Illinois farm, played quarterback and captai...
29 Sep 26min
Bill Nelson: The Challenger Seat Swap, Three Senate Terms, and NASA
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Bill Nelson was born in Miami in 1942, lost his father to a heart attack at 14 and his mother to...
29 Sep 19min
