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045 – Source Notes



Zachary Taylor [c. 1843-1845], courtesy of Wikipedia
Audio editing for this episode by Andrew Pfannkuche

  • Bauer, K Jack. Zachary Taylor: Soldier, Planter, Statesman of the Old Southwest. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1985.
  • Bergeron, Paul H. The Presidency of James K. Polk. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 1987.
  • Hay, Melba Porter, ed. The Papers of Henry Clay, Volume 10: Candidate, Compromiser, Elder Statesman January 1, 1844-June 29, 1852. Lexington, KY: The University Press of Kentucky, 1991.
  • 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. 2017. http://whhpodcast.blubrry.com.
  • Rayback, Robert J. Millard Fillmore: Biography of a President. Newtown, CT: American Political Biography Press, 2009 [1992]
  • 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.
  • Smith, Elbert B. The Presidencies of Zachary Taylor & Millard Fillmore. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 1988.

045 – The Compromiser’s Last Bow



The United States Senate, A.D. 1850, by Peter F Rothermel and Robert Whitechurch [c. 1855], courtesy of Wikipedia
Though progressing into his seventh decade of life, Henry Clay was pulled back into the public sphere as the nation’s new president, James K Polk, led the nation into war with Mexico. Despite ill health and personal issues, Clay aimed one more time for the Executive Mansion and instead found himself being called to the Senate once more to prevent the disunion of the nation. Source information for this episode can be found at http://whhpodcast.blubrry.com.


044 – Source Notes



Polk-Dallas Campaign Banner [c. 1844], courtesy of the Library of Congress
Audio editing for this episode done by Andrew Pfannkuche.

  • Chitwood, Oliver Perry. John Tyler: Champion of the Old South. Newtown, CT: American Political Biography Press, 2003 [1939].
  • Coit, Margaret L. John C Calhoun: American Portrait. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1950.
  • Curtis, James C. The Fox at Bay: Martin Van Buren and the Presidency, 1837-1841. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 1970.
  • Hay, Melba Porter, ed. The Papers of Henry Clay, Volume 10: Candidate, Compromiser, Elder Statesman January 1, 1844-June 29, 1852. Lexington, KY: The University Press of Kentucky, 1991.
  • 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.
  • Howe, Daniel Walker. What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.
  • Landry, Jerry. Harrison Podcast. http://whhpodcast.blubrry.com. 2017.
  • Leonard, Thomas M. James K. Polk: A Clear and Unquestionable Destiny. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, 2001.
  • McCormac, Eugene Irving. James K. Polk: A Political Biography, To the Prelude of War 1795-1845, Vol. I. Newtown, CT: American Political Biography Press, 2000 [1922].
  • Niven, John. Martin Van Buren: The Romantic Age of American Politics. Newtown, CT: American Political Biography Press, 2012 [1983].
  • Peterson, Norma Lois. The Presidencies of William Henry Harrison & John Tyler. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 1989.
  • Remini, Robert V. Andrew Jackson and the Course of American Democracy, 1833-1845. New York: Harper & Row, 1984.
  • 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.
  • Seager, Robert, II, ed. The Papers of Henry Clay, Volume 9: The Whig Leader, January 1, 1837-December 31, 1843. Lexington, KY: The University Press of Kentucky, 1988.
  • Sellers, Charles. “Election of 1844.” History of American Presidential Elections 1789-1968, Volume I. Arthur M Schlesinger, Jr, ed. New York: Chelsea House Publishers and McGraw-Hill Book Co, 1971. pp. 747-861.
  • Wilson, Clyde N, ed. The Papers of John C. Calhoun, Volume XVI, 1841-1843. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1984.

044 – GTH: How Texas Kept Clay From the White House



Theodore Frelinghuysen by Mathew Brady [c. 1855-1865], courtesy of the Library of Congress
John Tyler’s unexpected ascendancy to the presidency causes both Whigs and Democrats to think and rethink their strategies for the 1844 presidential election. Presumptive candidates Henry Clay and Martin Van Buren prepare to lead their respective parties into the general campaign, but for both, complications arise that threaten their political futures as the ambitious new president makes a priority of bringing Texas into the Union. Dissension in the ranks, rivals for power, and increased sectional tensions all threaten to make 1844 a year that Clay and Van Buren may wish to forget. Source information for this episode can be found at http://whhpodcast.blubrry.com