John Quincy Adams finally defeats the Gag rule, but his feud with Andrew Jackson lasts until the bitter end. And Congressman Abraham Lincoln witnesses from the House floor the dramatic final hours of Adams' life.
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05/11/23 • 33 min
The Untold History of Sports in America - Founding Son: Episode 6 - The Last of Earth
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Oh, I'm Bob Crawford. This is founding Son John Quincy's America.
Speaker 1Late winter eighteen forty one, William Henry Harrison arrives in downtown Washington, d c aboard a piece of cutting edge technology the train. A cold wind bears down on the city as Harrison walks to the steps of the US capital to be sworn in as the nation's ninth president.
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