
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


Tenure of Office: November 13, 1817 - March 4, 1829
After a childhood marred by tragedy and drunken nights of Shakespearean recitations in a state of undress as a young adult, William Wirt went on to become one of the most well respected lawyers of the Early Republic, serving as legal counsel in some of the highest-profile cases of the time including the trial of George Wythe's alleged murderer and the treason trial of Aaron Burr. Why then isn't he better known in the modern day? Join me and my special guest, Howard Dorre of Plodding Through the Presidents, as we try to answer that question! Sources used for this episode can be found at https://www.presidenciespodcast.com.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
By Evergreen Podcasts4.7
109109 ratings
Tenure of Office: November 13, 1817 - March 4, 1829
After a childhood marred by tragedy and drunken nights of Shakespearean recitations in a state of undress as a young adult, William Wirt went on to become one of the most well respected lawyers of the Early Republic, serving as legal counsel in some of the highest-profile cases of the time including the trial of George Wythe's alleged murderer and the treason trial of Aaron Burr. Why then isn't he better known in the modern day? Join me and my special guest, Howard Dorre of Plodding Through the Presidents, as we try to answer that question! Sources used for this episode can be found at https://www.presidenciespodcast.com.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

25,856 Listeners

1,132 Listeners

1,559 Listeners

187 Listeners

1,131 Listeners

747 Listeners

4,026 Listeners

603 Listeners

6,050 Listeners

1,005 Listeners

355 Listeners

911 Listeners

1,823 Listeners

801 Listeners

1,530 Listeners