Abraham Lincoln is the most experienced trial lawyer we've ever elected president, with more than two decades of experience litigating in the courtroom. Join me as I talk to Brian Dirck, a professor of History at Anderson University in Anderson, Indiana, and author of Lincoln the Lawyer, as we discuss how those decades of practicing the law prepared Lincoln for the legal landmines he had to navigate to win the Civil War and free the slaves. Support the show

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16.D.) Lincoln the lawyer; an interview with Brian Dirck

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07.) Andrew Jackson 1829 - 1837

08.) Martin Van Buren 1837-1841

09.) William Henry Harrison 1841-1841

A.) Sam Houston, The Raven

10.) John Tyler 1841-1845

11.) James K. Polk 1845-1849

12.) Zachary Taylor 1849-1850

13.) Millard Fillmore 1850-1853

14.) Franklin Pierce 1853-1857

15.A.) James Buchanan's life, legacy, and sexuality; an interview with Thomas Balcerski

15.) James Buchanan 1857-1861

16.) Abraham Lincoln 1861-1865

16.A.) Lincoln's balancing act, emancipation and reconstruction, an interview with Louis Masur

16.B.) The history of the abolitionist movement and Lincoln's place in it; an interview with Kate Masur

16.C.) Lincoln and the partisan press; an interview with Harold Holzer

16.D.) Lincoln the lawyer; an interview with Brian Dirck

16.E.) Lincoln, the Union Army, and the election of 1864; an interview with Jon White

B.) Jefferson Davis, The Confederate President

17.) Andrew Johnson 1865-1869

17.A.) The impeachment of Andrew Johnson, an interview with David O. Stewart

18.) Ulysses S. Grant 1869-1877

18.A.) The moments that shaped Ulysses S. Grant, an interview with Nick Sacco

18.B.) The evolving myth and reputation of Ulysses S. Grant, an interview with Joan Waugh

18.C.) Grant, Lincoln, and Reconstruction, an interview with Ron White

19.) Rutherford B Hayes 1877-1881

19.A.) Hayes' evolving views on slavery, an interview with Dustin McLochlin

20.) James A. Garfield 1881-1881

20.A.) Garfield and the Gilded Age, an interview with Todd Arrington

44.A) The Black President, an interview on Barack Obama with Claude A. Clegg

21.) Chester A. Arthur 1881-1885

21.A.) The Life and Times of Chester A. Arthur, an interview with Scott Greenberger

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