Not Quite Presidents Podcast

Lewis Cass was a  soldier, territorial Governor of Michigan,  and Secretary of War who took great efforts to be on the right side of his superiors, and less so to be right. It almost pays off, but Not Quite. 

In the second Episode of Daniel Webster, he finally runs for President, engages in some ill timed real estate purchases and makes up the funds in interesting ways.

The rise of Daniel Webster from a sickly boy with a giant head setting the house on fire reading poetry by candlelight to the Godlike orator with a giant head. His brother and angel of a wife Grace are there to keep him mostly out of trouble in this episode 

Henry Clay keeps running and running, and, spoiler, doesn't Quite make it. We rate and review a somewhat Compromised Compromiser. 

Part one of Henry Clay covers the rise of The Great Compromiser, from Not So Poor Orphan Boy to Gambling Clerk to Slick Lawyer to War Hawk and Corrupt Bargainer. And the start of his face off with life long nemesis Andrew Jackson 

William H Crawford, a blunt talking Georgia frontiersman was good as good at admin as he was at duels. He held many impressive positions but was Not Quite President. We rate and review his life and aura.

Rufus King, a founding father without much overt ambition made it to the Senate and Ambassador to Britain, he even had a sneaky big achievement, but he was Not Quite President 

Dewitt Clinton was the Mayor of New York City and Governor of the state, he loved social reforms and cromulent vocabulary, but he was Not Quite President of the United States. But, hey the world needs ditch diggers too. We rate his origin story, his Earth 2 Presidency, and his Main Character Energy 

Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, the man who would rather spend millions for defense than bribe a Frenchman, was nominated by the Federalists twice,  but was Not Quite President. We rate his origin story, his achievements, his Earth 2 Presidency and confront an unflattering portrait 

Aaron Burr was a War Hero, an innovative politician, a Vice President, an adventurer and Not Quite President of the United States. We discuss his origin story, his achievements, his alternate history Presidency and Main Character Energy.