We shake up the rules of Presidential War and spark enlightening discussion on a variety of topics: John Adams's effect on the presidency, Thomas Jefferson's consequential writings, George Washington's relationship with the people, and Abraham Lincoln's relationship with the media. Also: Taylor confronts Fillmore on constitutional fidelity, movie star Nancy Reagan faces a formidable challenge in the First Lady looks category, and we find out if anyone can can go toe-to-toe with heavyweight champion William Howard Taft.
Monday, July 26, 2021
Monday, July 19, 2021
Dead Presidents Podcast Episode 14 - Franklin Pierce & Top 5 Would Be Presidents
Franklin Pierce was a Democratic congressman, party leader, Mexican-American war hero, and #1 on our list of Top 5 Drunkest Presidents. He was nominated as a compromise candidate in 1852 and, taking office in the wake of a terrible family tragedy, promised not to let slavery re-emerge as a national issue after the sectional crisis of 1850. But when Senator Stephen Douglas came calling with a plan to organize the Kansas-Nebraska territory, Pierce dove headlong into a new sectional crisis and sparked a violent prelude to the coming Civil War. Also: Our list of Top 5 Would Be Presidents looks at some of the most interesting failed presidential candidates and speculates about what might've been had they occupied the White House.
Dead Presidents Podcast Homepage (with links to access the podcast on your favorite podcast app!)We're very proud of all of our wonderful Episode 14 sponsors:
National Baby Show – New York Daily Herald (New York, NY) – May 11, 1855 |
National Baby Show – New York Daily Herald (New York, NY) – May 26, 1855 |
National Baby Show – New York Tribune (New York, NY) – June 2, 1855
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Infant’s Shoes – Buffalo Morning Express (Buffalo, NY) – May 28, 1853 |
Toys for the Babies – Rutland Weekly Herald (Rutland, VT) – November 30, 1855 |
Edward Wadsworth and his wife Eliza – Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT) – December 17, 1853 |
George Hodges and his sleeping partner James Wilson – Belvidere Standard (Belvidere, IL) – August 7, 1855 |
John Woodward and his wife/slave Louisa – Evening Star (Washington, DC) – February 11, 1856 |
Patrick Hurley and his wife Amanda Jane Hurley – Evening Star (Washington, DC) – January 15, 1856 |
Amanda Jane Hurley responds – Evening Star (Washington, DC) – January 18, 1856 |
Dr. Locock’s Female Wafers – Bangor Daily Whig and Courier (Bangor, ME) – June 1, 1853 |
Reward for Horse Shooter – The Kansas Tribune (Lawrence, KS) – September 17, 1855 |
Monday, July 12, 2021
Dead Presidents Podcast - Presidential War #9 - George W. Bush Is Worse Than Hitler At Painting (with Jeremy Lese)
Guest Jeremy Lese joins us for another game of Presidential War, in which discussion topics include George W. Bush's popularity, FDR's effect on the presidency, George Washington's partying habits, JFK's legendary good looks, and Frances Cleveland's accomplishments as our youngest First Lady. Also: James K. Polk battles his Secretary of State James Buchanan to avoid getting picked last in a game of presidential flag football.
Dead Presidents Podcast Homepage (with links to access the podcast on your favorite podcast app!)
Monday, July 5, 2021
Dead Presidents Podcast Episode 13 - Millard Fillmore & Top 5 Embarrassing Political Blunders
Millard Fillmore was a compromise vice presidential nominee who backed into the White House upon Zachary Taylor's sudden death. The nation was in the middle of a sectional crisis and a bitterly-divided Congress was about to send Fillmore some legislation cobbled together in a desperate bid to avert civil war. His signing of the controversial Fugitive Slave Act may have helped resolve the crisis, but it would become a dark cloud that plagued his presidency. Tasked with holding together not just a fracturing Union but his own fracturing Whig Party, Fillmore did his best to reconcile the increasingly irreconcilable elements of antebellum America. Also: Our Top 5 Embarrassing Political Blunders counts down some of the biggest bonehead moves and unforced errors by which presidents have shot themselves in the foot.
Dead Presidents Podcast Homepage (with links to access the podcast on your favorite podcast app!)
We're very proud of all of our wonderful Episode 13 sponsors:
H.F. Bailey’s Gothic Hall Bowling Saloon – Buffalo Morning Express & Illustrated Buffalo Express (Buffalo, NY) – July 24, 1850 |
Thomas and Deborah Seaver – Orleans County Gazette (Irasburgh, VT) – May 3, 1851 |
Deborah Seaver responds – Orleans County Gazette (Irasburgh, VT) – May 3, 1851 |
Rum for sale – Richmond Dispatch (Richmond, VA) – January 19, 1853 |
Stanton’s hemorrhoidal ointment – Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT) – May 2, 1851 |
Reward for cemetery desecrators – The Alton Telegraph (Alton, IL) – April 23, 1852 |
Reward for barnburner – Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT) – May 2, 1851 |
Astrologer C.W. Roback – State Indiana Sentinel (Indianapolis, IN) – June 19, 1851 |
Guns and Pistols for sale – The Alton Telegraph (Alton, IL) – April 23, 1852 |
Married People’s Ball – Buffalo Evening Post (Buffalo, NY) – January 24, 1851 |
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