Monthly Archives: July 2021

SATT 001 – Alexander Hamilton

July 31, 2021Seat at The TableAbraham Venable, Alexander Hamilton, Democratic-Republican Party, Edmund Randolph, Federalists, First Bank of the United States, France, Frederick Muhlenberg, George Washington, Great Britain, Henry Knox, James Callender, James Madison, James McHenry, James Reynolds, John Adams, John Jay, Maria Reynolds, Reynolds Affair, Thomas Jefferson, Timothy Pickering, William Branch Gilespresidencies

Tenure of Office: 11 September 1789 – 31 January 1795 (Secretary of the Treasury)

We begin our new special series with the first Cabinet member to assume office under the constitutional government – Alexander Hamilton! You may have seen the musical, but there are a few more parts of his history that didn’t make it into that production.

Thanks so much to my special guest for this episode – Alycia from the Civics & Coffee Podcast!

Featured Image: “Alexander Hamilton” by John Trumbull [c. 1805], courtesy of Wikipedia

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SATT – Intro to Ongoing Special Series

July 28, 2021Seat at The Tablepresidencies

Introduction to a new special series of episodes titled “Seat at the Table” where I will be joined by special guests each episode to discuss a Cabinet member’s life and tenure in office and rank how they did before determining if they deserve a seat at the table of Cabinet All-Stars.

Featured Images: “Alexander Hamilton” by John Trumbull [c. 1805], courtesy of Wikipedia; “Hamilton Fish” by Mathew Brady, courtesy of Wikipedia; “Frances Perkins” [c. 1932], courtesy of Wikipedia; and “Jesse Brown,” courtesy of Wikipedia

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3.32 – Source Notes

July 11, 2021Uncategorizedpresidencies

Special thanks to John for providing the intro quote for this episode and to Andrew Pfannkuche for providing audio editing assistance for this episode!

Daveiss, Joseph Hamilton. ““To Thomas Jefferson, 10 January 1806,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/99-01-02-2980. [Last Accessed: 19 Jun 2021]
Daveiss, Joseph Hamilton. “To Thomas Jefferson, 10 February 1806,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/99-01-02-3210. [Last Accessed: 19 Jun 2021]
Daveiss, Joseph Hamilton. “To Thomas Jefferson, 14 July 1806,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/99-01-02-4028. [Last Accessed: 20 Jun 2021]
Fenster, Julie M. Jefferson’s America: The President, the Purchase, and the Explorers Who Transformed a Nation. New York: Broadway Books, 2016.
Hart, Stephen Harding; and Archer Butler Hulbert, eds. The Southwestern Journals of Zebulon Pike, 1806-1807. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 2007.
Jefferson, Thomas. “To Joseph Hamilton Daveiss, 15 February 1806,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/99-01-02-3242. [Last Accessed: 20 Jun 2021]
Jefferson, Thomas. “Proclamation re Henry Whitby, 3 May 1806,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/99-01-02-3682. [Last Accessed: 14 Jun 2021]
Jefferson, Thomas. “To William DuVal, 14 June 1806,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/99-01-02-3844. [Last Accessed: 11 Jun 2021]
Jefferson, Thomas. “To William Armistead Burwell, 17 September 1806,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/99-01-02-4285. [Last Accessed: 18 Jun 2021]
Jefferson, Thomas. “To George Morgan, 19 September 1806,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/99-01-02-4294. [Last Accessed: 20 Jun 2021]
Johnson, David. John Randolph of Roanoke. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 2012.
Landry, Jerry. The Presidencies of the United States. 2017-2021. http://presidencies.blubrry.com.
Lewis, James E, Jr. The Burr Conspiracy: Uncovering the Story of an Early American Crisis. Princeton, NJ and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2017.
Linklater, Andro. An Artist in Treason: The Extraordinary Double Life of General James Wilkinson. New York: Walker Publishing Co, 2009.
Malone, Dumas. Jefferson the President Second Term, 1805-1809: Jefferson and His Time, Volume Five. Boston: Little, Brown and Co, 1974.
McGrath, Tim. James Monroe: A Life. New York: Penguin Random House, 2020.
Meacham, Jon. Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power. New York: Random House, 2012.
Orsi, Jared. Citizen Explorer: The Life of Zebulon Pike. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2014.

Featured Image: “Charles James Fox” by Anton Hinkel [c. 1794], courtesy of Wikipedia

3.32 – Time Draws Short

July 11, 202103 - Thomas JeffersonAaron Burr, Anthony Merry, Burr Conspiracy, Connecticut, Democratic-Republican Party, Federalists, Francisco de Miranda, Great Britain, Henry Dearborn, James Madison, James Monroe, James Wilkinson, John Randolph of Roanoke, Native Americans, Orleans Territory, Spain, Texas, Thomas Jefferson, William Armistead Burwell, William Pinkney, Zebulon Pikepresidencies

Year(s) Discussed: 1805-1806

As Jefferson reflects upon the unexpected death of his mentor, various situations at home and abroad in 1806 imperil the future of the nation. A British ship unintentionally kills an American sailor, threatening the peace negotiations being conducted in London. Around the same time, expeditions to explore the west provoke Spanish forces already gathered on the border. Meanwhile, the President receives word of a domestic plot involving not only the former Vice President but also the commanding general of the US Army. Sources used in this episode can be found at http://presidencies.blubrry.com.

Featured Image: “Map of the 1806 Red River Expedition” by Nich. King [c. 1806], courtesy of Wikipedia

Intro and Outro Music: Selections from “Jefferson and Liberty” as performed by The Itinerant Band

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