Election College | Presidential Election History

Buchanan did and said some dumb stuff. Can Lincoln fix it? Join us as we discuss... the vast unpopularity of Buchanan, division between the popular parties, disagreements within parties, the election of Abraham Lincoln, and more! ______________________________   Support the show! Use this link to do your shopping on Amazon. It won't cost you a penny more and it will help us out!  ElectionCollege.com/Amazon ________________________ Be sure to subscribe to the show! Leave us a review on iTunes - It really helps us out! Facebook  |  Twitter  | Instagram ________________________ Election College is recorded using Audacity and produced with help from the BossJock for iPad App. ________________________ Get a free month of Audible and a free audiobook to keep at ElectionCollege.com/Audible ________________________ Get $10 free from Canva at ElectionCollege.com/Canva! ________________________ Make sure you sign up for our newsletter for news, resources, freebies, and more! ElectionCollege.com/Newsletter ___________

Disclaimer: We apologize for the sound quality this week. Ben just moved and hasn't set up his new studio yet. So he basically had to record in an echo chamber. Bear with us - the content is still good!   The Democrats say “Thanks, but no thanks” to Pierce and the Republicans run for the first time. Join us as we discuss... Franklin Pierce's presidency getting off to a rough start, the (further) death of the Whig Party, Republicans running for the first time, and more! ______________________________   Support the show! Use this link to do your shopping on Amazon. It won't cost you a penny more and it will help us out!  ElectionCollege.com/Amazon ________________________ Be sure to subscribe to the show! Leave us a review on iTunes - It really helps us out! Facebook  |  Twitter  | Instagram ________________________ Election College is recorded using Audacity and produced with help from the BossJock for iPad App. ________________________ Get a free month of Audible and a free audiobook to keep at ElectionColl

Disclaimer: We apologize for the sound quality this week. Ben just moved and hasn't set up his new studio yet. So he basically had to record in an echo chamber. Bear with us - the content is still good!   We tried to get to the election of 1856... but there's just too much to talk about. Join us as we discuss... the Kansas-Nebraska Act, death and destruction in Kansas (Bleeding Kansas), poll cheaters, and more! ______________________________   Support the show! Use this link to do your shopping on Amazon. It won't cost you a penny more and it will help us out!  ElectionCollege.com/Amazon ________________________ Be sure to subscribe to the show! Leave us a review on iTunes - It really helps us out! Facebook  |  Twitter  | Instagram ________________________ Election College is recorded using Audacity and produced with help from the BossJock for iPad App. ________________________ Get a free month of Audible and a free audiobook to keep at ElectionCollege.com/Audible ________________________ Get $10 free from

We miss Henry Clay already... Join us as we discuss... how the Compromise of 1850 impacted Millard Fillmore's presidency, the deaths of Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and the Whig Party, Franklin Pierce's election, and more! ______________________________   Support the show! Use this link to do your shopping on Amazon. It won't cost you a penny more and it will help us out!  ElectionCollege.com/Amazon ________________________ Be sure to subscribe to the show! Leave us a review on iTunes - It really helps us out! Facebook  |  Twitter  | Instagram ________________________ Election College is recorded using Audacity and produced with help from the BossJock for iPad App. ________________________ Get a free month of Audible and a free audiobook to keep at ElectionCollege.com/Audible ________________________ Get $10 free from Canva at ElectionCollege.com/Canva! ________________________ Make sure you sign up for our newsletter for news, resources, freebies, and more! ElectionCollege.com/Newsletter ___________________

Stay away from the raw fruit...   Join us as we discuss... the death of Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore becoming the President, the Compromise of 1850, and more! ______________________________   Support the show! Use this link to do your shopping on Amazon. It won't cost you a penny more and it will help us out!  ElectionCollege.com/Amazon ________________________ Be sure to subscribe to the show! Leave us a review on iTunes - It really helps us out! Facebook  |  Twitter  | Instagram ________________________ Election College is recorded using Audacity and produced with help from the BossJock for iPad App. ________________________ Get a free month of Audible and a free audiobook to keep at ElectionCollege.com/Audible ________________________ Get $10 free from Canva at ElectionCollege.com/Canva! ________________________ Make sure you sign up for our newsletter for news, resources, freebies, and more! ElectionCollege.com/Newsletter ________________________  Music from: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-mus

Marty is old and crotchety now. So he spoils the election. Join us as we discuss... James Polk achieving his four goals, Martin Van Buren and the Free Soil Party, David Rice Atchison being president for like a minute, and more! ______________________________   Support the show! Use this link to do your shopping on Amazon. It won't cost you a penny more and it will help us out!  ElectionCollege.com/Amazon ________________________ Be sure to subscribe to the show! Leave us a review on iTunes - It really helps us out! Facebook  |  Twitter  | Instagram ________________________ Election College is recorded using Audacity and produced with help from the BossJock for iPad App. ________________________ Get a free month of Audible and a free audiobook to keep at ElectionCollege.com/Audible ________________________ Get $10 free from Canva at ElectionCollege.com/Canva! ________________________ Make sure you sign up for our newsletter for news, resources, freebies, and more! ElectionCollege.com/Newsletter _____________

Don't mess with Texas. Or something like that. Join us as we discuss... The Whigs hate His Accidency, Manifest Destiny is a huge deal, everyone argues about Texas, Marty and Henry Clay try it again, and more! ______________________________   Support the show! Use this link to do your shopping on Amazon. It won't cost you a penny more and it will help us out!  ElectionCollege.com/Amazon ________________________ Be sure to subscribe to the show! Leave us a review on iTunes - It really helps us out! Facebook  |  Twitter  | Instagram ________________________ Election College is recorded using Audacity and produced with help from the BossJock for iPad App. ________________________ Get a free month of Audible and a free audiobook to keep at ElectionCollege.com/Audible ________________________ Get $10 free from Canva at ElectionCollege.com/Canva! ________________________ Make sure you sign up for our newsletter for news, resources, freebies, and more! ElectionCollege.com/Newsletter ________________________  Musi

William Henry Harrison dies... so John "His Accidency" Tyler takes over. Join us as we discuss... William Henry Harrison's untimely death John Tyler's ascension to the Presidency, dissension about John Tyler's validity as president, and more! ______________________________   Support the show! Use this link to do your shopping on Amazon. It won't cost you a penny more and it will help us out!  ElectionCollege.com/Amazon ________________________ Be sure to subscribe to the show! Leave us a review on iTunes - It really helps us out! Facebook  |  Twitter  | Instagram ________________________ Election College is recorded using Audacity and produced with help from the BossJock for iPad App. ________________________ Get a free month of Audible and a free audiobook to keep at ElectionCollege.com/Audible ________________________ Get $10 free from Canva at ElectionCollege.com/Canva! ________________________ Make sure you sign up for our newsletter for news, resources, freebies, and more! ElectionCollege.com/Newslette

Join us as we discuss... Martin Van Buren rides on other people's coattails, the Panic of 1837, Tippecanoe and Tyler too, Harrison's election win, and more! Further Reading... Old Tippecanoe: William Henry Harrison and His Time ________________________ Be sure to subscribe to the show! Leave us a review on iTunes - It really helps us out! Facebook  |  Twitter  | Instagram ________________________ Election College is recorded using Audacity and produced with help from the BossJock for iPad App. ________________________ Get a free month of Audible and a free audiobook to keep at ElectionCollege.com/Audible ________________________ Get $10 free from Canva at ElectionCollege.com/Canva! ________________________ Make sure you sign up for our newsletter for news, resources, freebies, and more! ElectionCollege.com/Newsletter ________________________  Music from: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music ________________________ Some links in these show notes are affiliate links that could monetarily benefit Elec

If you can't beat 'em... just run more candidates to try and confuse them! Join us as we discuss... an assassination attempt on Andrew Jackson, Andrew Jackson's retirement, confusion and disagreement among the Whig party, a complicated Vice Presidential election, and more! Further Reading... Martin Van Buren: The 8th President, 1837-1841 The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party: Jacksonian Politics and the Onset of the Civil War ________________________ Be sure to subscribe to the show! Leave us a review on iTunes - It really helps us out! Facebook  |  Twitter  | Instagram ________________________ Sign up for the Social Media Success Summit today! ________________________ Election College is recorded using Audacity and produced with help from the BossJock for iPad App. ________________________ Get a free month of Audible and a free audiobook to keep at ElectionCollege.com/Audible ________________________ Get $10 free from Canva at ElectionCollege.com/Canva! ________________________ Make sure you sign

There's more mudslinging going on. This time, it's the ladies' turn. Join us as we discuss... Andrew Jackson's first term as President, the Eaton/Petticoat Affair, "treaties" with the Native Americans, Andrew Jackson's reelection, and more! Further Reading... Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times The Petticoat Affair: Manners, Mutiny, and Sex in Andrew Jackson's White House ________________________ Be sure to subscribe to the show! Leave us a review on iTunes - It really helps us out! Facebook  |  Twitter  | Instagram ________________________ Sign up for the Social Media Success Summit today! ________________________ Election College is recorded using Audacity and produced with help from the BossJock for iPad App. ________________________ Get a free month of Audible and a free audiobook to keep at ElectionCollege.com/Audible ________________________ Get $10 free from Canva at ElectionCollege.com/Canva! ________________________ Make sure you sign up for our newsletter for news, resources, freebies, and more! 

Nothing make an election more fun than a little mudslinging and talking bad about someone's wife, right? Join us as we discuss... John Quincy "Q" Adams trivia, political mudslinging, the introduction of modern campaigning, Andrew Jackson's election, and more! Further Reading... Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times The Birth of Modern Politics: Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, and the Election of 1828 ________________________ Be sure to subscribe to the show! Leave us a review on iTunes - It really helps us out! Facebook  |  Twitter  | Instagram ________________________ Sign up for the Social Media Success Summit today! ________________________ Election College is recorded using Audacity and produced with help from the BossJock for iPad App. ________________________ Get a free month of Audible and a free audiobook to keep at ElectionCollege.com/Audible This week, we recommend Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times ________________________ Get $10 free from Canva at ElectionCollege.com/Canva! __________________

We were really excited about this episode because we got to talk about His Rotundity again... kinda. Join us as we discuss... way too many Presidential candidates strong regional support for different candidates, political mudslinging the invention of modern campaigning, the election of John Quincy Adams, and more! Further Reading... John Quincy Adams: American Visionary ________________________ Be sure to subscribe to the show! Leave us a review on iTunes - It really helps us out! Facebook  |  Twitter  | Instagram ________________________ Sign up for the Social Media Success Summit today! ________________________ Election College is recorded using Audacity and produced with help from the BossJock for iPad App. ________________________ Get a free month of Audible and a free audiobook to keep at ElectionCollege.com/Audible ________________________ Get $10 free from Canva at ElectionCollege.com/Canva! ________________________ Make sure you sign up for our newsletter for news, resources, freebies, and more! 

You have to admit... James Monroe had a pretty easy reelection campaign.Join us as we discuss...the Era of Good Feelings,Monroe's good will tour,the Missouri Compromise,a controversy surrounding Missouri,the reelection of Jame Monroeand more!Further Reading...The Era of Good FeelingsJames Monroe: The Quest for National Identity________________________Be sure to subscribe to the show!Leave us a review on iTunes - It really helps us out!Facebook  |  Twitter  | Instagram________________________Make sure you sign up for our newsletter for news, resources, freebies, and more! ElectionCollege.com/Newsletter________________________ Music from: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music________________________Some links in these show notes are affiliate links that could monetarily benefit Election College, but cost you nothing extra.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join us as we discuss...the Federalists' attempts at the Hartford Convention,the beginning of the Era of Good Feelings,controversy surrounding Indiana,the election of James Monroe,the death of Federalism,and more!Further Reading...The Last Founding Father: James Monroe and a Nation's Call to GreatnessJames Monroe: The Quest for National Identity________________________Leave us a review on iTunes - It really helps us out!Facebook  |  Twitter  | Instagram________________________Make sure you sign up for our newsletter for news, resources, freebies, and more! ElectionCollege.com/Newsletter________________________ Music from: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music________________________Some links in these show notes are affiliate links that could monetarily benefit Election College, but cost you nothing extra.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Many people don't even remember that the War of 1812 ever happened. But we do.Join us as we discuss...how the Napoleonic Wars lead to the War of 1812,the US getting stomped on land and dominating at seawhen the British burned down Washington,and more!Further Reading...The Civil War of 1812: American Citizens, British Subjects, Irish Rebels, & Indian Allies1812: The War That Forged a Nation________________________Leave us a review on iTunes - It really helps us out!Facebook  |  Twitter  | InstagramMake sure you sign up for our newsletter for news, resources, freebies, and more! ElectionCollege.com/Newsletter________________________ Music from: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music________________________Some links in these show notes are affiliate links that could monetarily benefit Election College, but cost you nothing extra.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's a tumultuous time in the history of the United State, but President James Madison stands strong.Join us as we discuss...continued tensions between the French, British, Spanish, and Americans, how the British kept kidnapping our citizens,Vice Presidents dropping like flies,the re-election of James Madison,and more!Further Reading...James Madison: A Son of Virginia and a Founder of the NationJames Madison: A Life Reconsidered________________________ Leave us a review on iTunes - It really helps us out!Facebook  |  Twitter  | Instagram________________________Make sure you sign up for our newsletter for news, resources, freebies, and more! ElectionCollege.com/Newsletter________________________ Music from: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music________________________Some links in these show notes are affiliate links that could monetarily benefit Election College, but cost you nothing extra.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thomas Jefferson nearly screws things up with the Embargo Act, but James Madison saves the day.Join us as we discuss...the Embargo Act of 1807, Jefferson's legacy,James Madison's run for the presidency,and more!Further Reading...James Madison: A Son of Virginia and a Founder of the NationThomas Jefferson: The Art of Power________________________ Leave us a review on iTunes - It really helps us out!Facebook  |  Twitter  | InstagramMake sure you sign up for our newsletter for news, resources, freebies, and more! ElectionCollege.com/Newsletter________________________ Music from: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music________________________Some links in these show notes are affiliate links that could monetarily benefit Election College, but cost you nothing extra.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What do you do when your vice-president kills a guy? Get another one!Join us as we discuss...the Louisiana Purchase, a duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander HamiltonJefferson's second presidential campaign,and more!Further Reading...Jefferson's Great Gamble: The Remarkable Story of Jefferson, Napoleon, and the Men Behind the Louisiana PurchaseWar of Two: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Duel that Stunned the Nation________________________ Be sure to subscribe to the show!Leave us a review on iTunes - It really helps us out!Facebook  |  Twitter  | Instagram________________________ Music from: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music________________________Some links in these show notes are affiliate links that could monetarily benefit Election College, but cost you nothing extra.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're proudly pro-12th Amendment. Where do you stand?Join us as we discuss...the reason for the 12th Amendment,provisions inside the amendment,Delaware, Connecticut, and Massachusetts' lack of ratification,and more! Further Reading...1803: Constitutional Intent for Electing the Presidency: How the Twelfth Amendment Failed to Anticipate the Rise of Competing National Parties________________________ Be sure to subscribe to the show!Leave us a review on iTunes - It really helps us out!Facebook  |  Twitter  | Instagram________________________Make sure you sign up for our newsletter for news, resources, freebies, and more! ElectionCollege.com/Newsletter________________________ Music from: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music________________________ Some links in these show notes are affiliate links that could monetarily benefit Election College, but cost you nothing extra.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices