I'm gonna do a regular bit on US presidents we've all forgotten and probably* shouldn't have, as a way of covering the election without covering the election. First up: John Quincy Adams, the original presidential nepo baby who cheated** his way to the White House jonn.substack.com/i/148768825/...
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Looking forward to Rutherfraud Hayes.
I refuse to read this on the grounds that it may impinge on my belief that he was also a Medical Examiner.
When in DC we went round the gallery with the official portraits of each one and wow, so many weirdos you've never heard of! The 19th cent did not produce much Presidentwise.
Waiting with growing tension and anticipation for your long, deep dive into the legislative accomplishments of the William Henry Harrison administration.
Oh... if/when you get around to writing about the great disappointment that was Franklin Pierce, I have Thoughts. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...
Iain Dale talks to former Obama strategist Karin Robinson about the life of Franklin Pierce, America’s fourteenth president, who served from 1853-1857
And of course portrayed by Anthony Hopkins in wonderful Spielbergian-style in Amistad: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DqV...
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