Last week we looked at Thomas Hendricks as part of our summer look at Vice Presidents. Today we look at his Indiana political opposite, Schuyler Colfax, GOP Vice President under Grant for his first term and [notably] not for Grant's second. Hero, smiler, progressive-minded politician, crook, orator, storyteller, friend to Lincoln. These are the labels that have been put on this forgotten Vice President of the United States.
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Smiling Like He Meant It: Vice President Schuyler Colfax

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A collection of random stories - a child reporter gets the scoop of the lifetime in 1976. A look at the Patty Hearst story and the central question, did she know it. The Potsdam Conference. And a little poetry.
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Patty Hearst Story, The Child Reporter Who Scooped the Media, Potsdam and More.

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Now on our Patreon: 7 More Stories About the 1988 Election, Including China and the 88 Election, Hart Setup? and Nixon

From 2011 where I discussed the 1968 Chicago Convention, with an added note about today's events and the 2024 election and a bit about Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley's broadcast during the '68 convention. 
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THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING - 1968 Chicago Convention and Election

Stories of Presidential inflation fighting and fund-raising that seem to have a similar ring to today's events, in this episode. Nixon's plans to cut housing costs by reducing prices on the key element of housing inspires timber companies but riles environmentalist.
Johnson uses his air fleet to shuttle the right people around to get the price of electrical wiring down.
Eisenhower, Reagan, Hoover and Clinton raise the gas tax.
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Nixon Versus Plywood, and Other Presidential Inflation Stories

With Jerry Landry of The Presidencies of The United States Podcast [https://www.presidenciespodcast.com/] we talk about a decisive point in John Adam's presidency where the capital moved to Trenton, and Adams had gone to Massachusetts. He comes back to take a decisive stand that will mean a lot for the history of the U.S. Presidency.
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Smiling Like He Meant It: Vice President Schuyler Colfax

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