Tag Archives: Abraham Lincoln

S006 – It’s Convention Time!

August 2, 2020UncategorizedAbraham Lincoln, Al Smith, Alton B Parker, Andrew Jackson, Anti-Masonic Party, Anti-Saloon League, Champ Clark, Democratic Party, Edwin T Meredith, Franklin D Roosevelt, Frederick Douglass, Henry Clay, James A Garfield, James G Blaine, James K Polk, James M Cox, John C Breckinridge, John C Frémont, John W Davis, Ku Klux Klan, Lewis Cass, Martin Van Buren, National Republican Party, Oscar Underwood, Republican Party, Robert La Follette, Samuel Ralston, Stephen Douglas, Tammany Hall, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Walsh, Ulysses S Grant, Victoria Woodhull, Whig Party, William Howard Taft, William Jennings Bryan, William McAdoo, Woodrow Wilsonpresidencies

Year(s) Discussed: 1824-1992

Since the first national party convention in the United States in September 1831, party conventions have played a key role in American politics. In this episode, we explore the role of these gatherings in determining presidential nominees as well as setting agendas through the party platform and examine a few notable conventions in detail. Sources used for this episode can be found at http://presidencies.blubrry.com.

Featured Image: “Eleanor Roosevelt addresses Democratic National Convention, Chicago, Illinois. July 18, 1940,” courtesy of Wikipedia

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S004 – Unprecedented Part I

April 19, 202005 - James Monroe, 16 - Abraham LincolnAaron Burr, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson, David Farragut, Democratic Party, Democratic-Republican Party, Edward Bates, Election of 1800, Election of 1816, Election of 1820, Election of 1824, Election of 1860, Election of 1864, Francis P Blair, Frederick Douglass, George B McClellan, Henry Clay, James Monroe, John Adams, John Bell, John C Breckinridge, John C Calhoun, John C Frémont, John Quincy Adams, Republican Party, Salmon P Chase, Samuel Pomeroy, Stephen Douglas, Thomas Jefferson, Ulysses S Grant, William H Crawford, William Seward, William T Shermanpresidencies

Year(s) Discussed: 1800-1801, 1816-1825, 1860-1864

While some presidential elections function in much the same way as others of the time, there are those select few that reshape the process or are noteworthy for being unique in some way. In the next two episodes of the special series, I will be examining four presidential elections that stand out to me as unprecedented. In this episode, I start with the election of 1824 which saw a four way match up between Secretary of State John Adams, Secretary of the Treasury William Crawford, Speaker of the House Henry Clay, and Senator Andrew Jackson. The remainder of the episode is devoted to the election of 1864 which saw President Abraham Lincoln running for reelection against his challenger, General George McClellan. Sources used for this episode can be found at http://presidencies.blubrry.com.

Featured Images: “Abraham Lincoln” by George Peter Alexander Healy [c. 1869], courtesy of Wikipedia and “George Brinton McClellan” by Julian Scott [c. 1888], courtesy of Wikipedia

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Interview with Jon Finkel (Jocks in Chief)

March 22, 2020InterviewAbraham Lincoln, Barack Obama, Calvin Coolidge, George Washington, Gerald Ford, John F Kennedy, Theodore Roosevelt, William Henry Harrisonpresidencies

Year(s) Discussed: 1789-2020

The term “fit for office” is often bandied about when talking about the US presidency, but how exactly does physical fitness relate to the office or to presidential campaigning? To explore that question, I recently spoke with Jon Finkel, author of Jocks in Chief. In our conversation, Jon shared the system that he came up with to rank the athleticism of the 44 individuals who thus far have served as president, and we discussed how various presidents approached exercise in their lives as well as how impressions of the vigor of some presidential candidates impacted their campaigns and historical legacies.

More information about Jon and his work can be found on his website at https://jonfinkel.com/.

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V003 – Interview with Jared Cohen, Accidental Presidents

May 26, 2019UncategorizedAbraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson, Andrew Johnson, Chester A Arthur, Franklin D Roosevelt, Harry S Truman, James A Garfield, John F Kennedy, John Tyler, Lyndon B Johnson, Millard Fillmore, Theodore Roosevelt, William Henry Harrison, William McKinley, Zachary Taylorpresidencies

Year(s) Discussed: 1835-2009

In this episode, I talk with Jared Cohen, author of Accidental Presidents: Eight Men Who Changed America, about the presidents who came to the office due to the untimely demise of their predecessor and how their becoming president altered the course of US history. In this wide-ranging discussion, we assess some of the successes and failures of these presidents as well as the history of how constitutional questions related to succession were answered and what questions still remain. Images used in this episode can be found at http://presidencies.blubrry.com.

Featured Image: “Jared Cohen” by Esther Nisanova

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0.02 – Presidential Address

March 1, 2017UncategorizedAbraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Barack Obama, Benjamin Harrison, Bill Clinton, Calvin Coolidge, Donald Trump, Dwight D Eisenhower, Eleanor Roosevelt, Franklin D Roosevelt, George H W Bush, George W Bush, George Washington, Harold Stassen, John F Kennedy, Lyndon B Johnson, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Rutherford B Hayes, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas E Dewey, Thomas Jefferson, William Henry Harrison, Woodrow Wilsonpresidencies

To mark the occasion of the 45th president’s first speech to a joint session of Congress, I present to you this special episode on how presidents have communicated with other politicians and government officials as well as with the general public and how this has changed both with the advent of new technologies and with the varying personalities of the chief executives. From George Washington’s public levees and national tours to Abraham Lincoln’s effective use of the telegraph, from Theodore Roosevelt’s bully pulpit to the Johnson treatment, and from the installation of the White House telephone to the current president’s use of Twitter, this episode covers a great deal of ground. Sources used for this episode can be found at http://presidencies.blubrry.com.

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Tag Archives: Abraham Lincoln

S006 – It’s Convention Time!

S004 – Unprecedented Part I

Interview with Jon Finkel (Jocks in Chief)

V003 – Interview with Jared Cohen, Accidental Presidents

0.02 – Presidential Address