Tenure of Office: July 27, 1801-March 4, 1809 (as Secretary of the Navy); March 6, 1809-April 1, 1811 (as Secretary of State)
Propelled to national office by circumstance, Robert Smith's time in the Cabinet would be a tal…
Tenure of Office: May 14, 1801 - February 8, 1814
After being forced out of his post as Treasury Secretary, Albert Gallatin spent the next few decades serving in numerous diplomatic postings abroad, writing essays on vari…
Tenure of Office: May 14, 1801 - February 8, 1814 A descendant of a leading Genevese family, Albert Gallatin made his way across the Atlantic and rose to prominence as a Democratic-Republican leader before being recruited by…
Tenure of Office: May 2, 1801 - March 3, 1809
Picking up where we left off in Part One, join me and my special guest, Kenny Ryan from [Abridged] Presidential Histories, as we examine the remainder of James Madison's tenur…
Tenure of Office: May 2, 1801 - March 3, 1809
Regular listeners of the podcast may have heard of this guy a time or two thus far, but there's still so much more to know about the career of James Madison leading up to his …
Tenure of Office: March 5, 1801 - March 3, 1805
For every figure in American history who is in the spotlight, there is someone who is behind the scenes making it happen. For Thomas Jefferson, one of those folks was Levi L…
Tenure of Office: March 5, 1801 - March 4, 1809
Revolutionary War veteran, US Representative, Secretary of War, War of 1812 General, US Minister to Portugal - with that accumulation of offices, one would imagine that Henr…
Year(s) Discussed: 1755-1835
As a follow-up episode focused more on John Marshall's lengthy tenure as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, I am joined by Ben Lovelace and Matthew Nichol of the John Marshall House for a dis…
Tenure of Office: June 13, 1800 - March 4, 1801
John Marshall is a name much better known for where his career led him after serving in the administration of John Adams, but there was still much to discuss with my special…
Tenure of Office: June 12, 1800 - March 4, 1801 (as Secretary of War); January 1, 1801 - May 13, 1801 (as Secretary of the Treasury)
Samuel Dexter may have come into the Cabinet towards the end of John Adams's tenure as p…
Tenure of Office: June 18, 1798 - March 31, 1801
A merchant and land speculator by trade, Benjamin Stoddert's path to becoming the first Secretary of the Navy was an unconventional one. However, did this unique background…
Tenure of Office: January 27, 1796 – June 2, 1800
James McHenry was the last individual appointed to the Cabinet of George Washington, but would being tapped to head the War Department by the esteemed first President lead…
Tenure of Office: December 10, 1795 – March 4, 1801
Charles Lee served as legal counsel during some of the most notable trials of the Early Republic, but does that mean that his tenure as Attorney General is equally rema…
Tenure of Office: February 3, 1795 – December 31, 1800
Oliver Wolcott, Jr had big shoes to fill when he assumed office as the second Secretary of the Treasury. With my special guests, Lucy and Michelle from Tudoriferous,…
Tenure of Office: January 2, 1795 – December 10, 1795 (as Secretary of War); December 10, 1795 – May 12, 1800 (as Secretary of State)
Timothy Pickering’s tenure in the Washington and Adams administrations is arguably one…
