Monthly Archives: February 2017

029 – Source Notes

February 26, 2017Uncategorizedwhhpodcast

• Adams, John Quincy. “Diary Entry, 6 March 1841,” John Quincy Adams diary 41, 5 December 1836 – 4 January 1837, 29 July 1840 – 31 December 1841, page 269 [electronic edition]. The Diaries of John Quincy Adams: A Digital Collection. Boston, Mass.: Massachusetts Historical Society, 2004. http://www.masshist.org/jqadiaries/php/doc?id=jqad41_269&year=1841&month=03&day=06&entry=entrycont&start=0. Last Accessed: 28 February 2014.
• Cleaves, Freeman. Old Tippecanoe: William Henry Harrison and His Time. Newtown, CT: American Political Biography Press, 2010 [1939].
• Executive Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, 4 March 1841. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/hlaw:@field(DOCID+@lit(ej005215)). Last Accessed: 2 November 2014.
• Fowler, Dorothy Ganfield. The Cabinet Politician: The Postmasters General 1829-1909. New York: Columbia University Press, 1943.
• French, Benjamin Brown. Witness to the Young Republic: A Yankee’s Journal, 1828-1870. Donald B Cole and John J McDonough, eds. Hanover, NH and London: University Press of New England, 1989.
• Green, James A. William Henry Harrison: His Life and Times. Richmond, VA: Garrett and Massie, 1941.
• Gunderson, Robert Gray. The Log-Cabin Campaign. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1977 [1957].
• Landry, Jerry. Harrison Podcast. http://whhpodcast.blubrry.com.
• McCullough, David. John Adams. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001.
• Miller, Thomas. “Case of the Late William H. Harrison, President of the United States.” The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal. 24:17, 2 Jun 1841, p. 261-267.
• Nagel, Paul C. John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, a Private Life. New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1997.
• Peterson, Norma Lois. The Presidencies of William Henry Harrison & John Tyler. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 1989.
• Remini, Robert V. Daniel Webster: The Man and His Time. New York and London: W W Norton & Co, 1997.
• Remini, Robert V. Henry Clay: Statesman for the Union. New York: W W Norton & Co, 1991.
• Shafer, Ronald G. The Carnival Campaign: How the Rollicking 1840 Campaign of “Tippecanoe and Tyler Too” Changed Presidential Elections Forever. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2016.
• Shewmaker, Kenneth E, ed. The Papers of Daniel Webster: Diplomatic Papers, Volume 1 1841-1843. Hanover, NH and London: University Press of New England, 1983.
• Trefousse, Hans L. Rutherford B. Hayes. Arthur M Schlesinger, Jr, ed. New York: Times Books, 2002.
• White, Leonard D. The Jacksonians: A Study in Administrative History, 1829-1861. New York: Macmillan Co, 1954.
• White, Leonard D. The Jeffersonians: A Study in Administrative History, 1801-1829. New York: Macmillan Co, 1956.

Also, in case you missed our two episodes on the inaugural address, Episode 10 and Episode 11 examine Harrison’s lengthy speech in detail.

Audio editing for this episode done by Andrew Pfannkuche. Should you need audio editing assistance for your podcast or other audio projects, Andrew can be reached at andrew@pfannkuche.com.

029 – The Thirty Days

February 26, 2017Uncategorizedandrew jackson, Daniel Webster, Dr. Thomas Miller, George Badger, henry clay, inauguration, John Bell, John Chambers, John J Crittenden, John Tyler, martin van buren, spoils system, Thomas Ewing, whig party, William Henry Harrisonwhhpodcast

Lithograph assumed to be of Harrison’s inauguration by Charles Fenderich, courtesy of Wikipedia

Though the presidency of William Henry Harrison was short, the emotions of those thirty days ran the gamut. The jubilation and mirth of the inauguration quickly gave way to the frustration of trying to appease supporters with patronage. The stress got to Harrison so much that Andrew and I had to censor him on his own show (this is supposed to be a family-friendly show, General – control yourself!). Between the office seekers, Henry Clay’s impetuousness, and the looming fiscal crisis, Harrison did not have an easy go of it in the first few weeks but did still manage to keep up a lively social calendar before a doctor was called in on March 26th. Sources used for this episode can be found at http://whhpodcast.blubrry.com.

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028 – Source Notes

February 12, 2017Uncategorizedwhhpodcast

Richard Mentor Johnson by Rembrandt Peale, courtesy of Wikipedia

Burr, Samuel Jones. The Life and Times of William Henry Harrison. Philadelphia: L W Ransom, 1840.
Cleaves, Freeman. Old Tippecanoe: William Henry Harrison and His Time. Newtown, CT: American Political Biography Press, 2010 [1939].
Curtis, James C. The Fox at Bay: Martin Van Buren and the Presidency, 1837-1841. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 1970.
Gunderson, Robert Gray. The Log-Cabin Campaign. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1977 [1957].
Holt, Michael F. The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party: Jacksonian Politics and the Onset of the Civil War. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.
Landry, Jerry. Harrison Podcast. http://whhpodcast.blubrry.com
Niven, John. Martin Van Buren: The Romantic Age of American Politics. Newtown, CT: American Political Biography Press, 2012 [1983].
Remini, Robert V. Henry Clay: Statesman for the Union. New York: W W Norton & Co, 1991.
Shafer, Ronald G. The Carnival Campaign: How the Rollicking 1840 Campaign of “Tippecanoe and Tyler Too” Changed Presidential Elections Forever. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2016.
Sydnor, Charles S. The Development of Southern Sectionalism, 1819-1848: A History of the South Volume Five. Wendell Holmes Stephenson and E Merton Coulter, eds. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1966 [1948].

Audio editing for this episode done by Andrew Pfannkuche. Should you need audio editing assistance for your podcast or other audio projects, Andrew can be reached at andrew@pfannkuche.com.

028 – Keep the Ball A’Rollin: The Long Path to the White House

February 12, 2017Uncategorizedabolitionism, democratic party, election of 1836, election of 1840, martin van buren, richard mentor johnson, whig party, William Henry Harrison, women in the united stateswhhpodcast

The Harrison Campaign Ball 2.0, courtesy of the Library of Congress

In this episode, we dive into the presidential campaigns of 1836 and 1840 and explore some of the more interesting facets of the election season. From the mode of campaigning to the organization (or lack thereof at times) of the political parties of the time, these two elections are filled with interesting characters and social changes. The role of women in the campaign, the first anti-slavery political party, and Van Buren’s controversial running mate, Richard Mentor Johnson, are all considered in this episode. Source information for this episode can be found at http://whhpodcast.blubrry.com.

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