On the final day of Grover Cleveland's first term in office, his wife turned to a member of the white house staff and said. "I want you to take good care of all the furniture and ornaments in the house, for I want everything just as it is now when we come back again. We are coming back. Just four years from today." Four years later, she was right. Follow along as Cleveland graciously accepts defeat in 1888 only to become convinced he must run again, wins the white house, and the...

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24.) Grover Cleveland part II 1893-1897

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History Abridged Episodes Around December 13, 2021

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

22.) Grover Cleveland part I 1885-1889

22.A.) Mugwumps, scandals, and the stunning campaign of 1884, an interview with Ted Kohn

23.) Benjamin Harrison 1889-1893

23.A.) How Benjamin Harrison won his way to defeat, an interview with Charles Calhoun

23.B.) What is legacy, anyway? An interview on Benjamin Harrison with Charles Hyde

24.) Grover Cleveland part II 1893-1897

24.A.) Grover Cleveland's reelection revenge, an interview with Mark Summers

24.B.) The lies and secrets of Grover Cleveland, an interview with Matthew Algeo

25.) William McKinley 1897-1901

25.A.) How William McKinley revolutionized politics, an interview with Christopher McKnight Nichols

25.B.) William McKinley's American Empire, an interview with Robert Merry

26.) Theodore Roosevelt 1901-1909

26.A.) The progressivism of Theodore Roosevelt, an interview with Alycia of Civics and Coffee Pod

26.B.) How NY made TR, an interview with Ted Kohn

26.C.) Teddy Roosevelt, the press, and the bully pulpit; an interview with Harold Holzer

26.D.) Teddy Roosevelt, his cabinet, and a doomed bromance with William Howard Taft; an interview with Lindsay Chervinsky

26.E.) Theodore Roosevelt's post-presidential quest for death and glory; an interview with David Pietrusza

27.) William Howard Taft 1909-1913

27.A.) The rise and presidency of William Howard Taft; an interview with Peri Arnold

27.B.) William Howard Taft, the presidential Chief Justice; an interview with Kevin Burns

28.) Woodrow Wilson 1913-1921

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