Apr 16, 2020

Nobody would have expected local pol and newbie governor Cal Coolidge to become Vice President two years before the election of 1920.  Then a calamity happened, that made him the symbol of normalcy.

Apr 15, 2020

Rich, popular and diplomatic, Levi Parsons Morton was a banker-turned politician who had a knack for making connections and a penchant for raising money. He helped bankroll two Presidential campaigns before he found himself on a ticket, winning and serving under Benjamin Harrison. He would get along with the...

Apr 10, 2020

George H.W. Bush's Vice Presidency was not spectacular; but arguably its most decisive event happened in its first months.  We discuss the day President Reagan was shot on this podcast.