#1458 Voting Rights

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Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 31 August 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Clay Jenkinson is once again joined by the author and historian Joseph Ellis for a program of answering listener questions, including one on Jefferson's fascination with the wooly mammoth. The primary discussion centers on voting rights during Jefferson's time and ours.

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Mentioned on this episode: The Cause: The American Revolution and its Discontents, 1773-1783 by Joseph J. Ellis, Repairing Jefferson's America by Clay S Jenkinson, Fears of a Setting Sun: The Disillusionment of America's Founders by Dennis C. Rasmussen

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0:00.0	Good day, Thomas Jefferson Hour Podcast listeners.
0:03.4	As always, thank you for sharing your time with us
0:05.9	and listening to this program.
0:07.9	We so appreciate it.
0:09.5	And I'll say right off the top,
0:12.6	if you have the wherewithal or desire
0:15.6	to support the Thomas Jefferson Hour,
0:17.8	you can do so by going to Jeffersonhour.com.
0:22.8	Click on Donate.
0:24.4	You can also take a look at Clay's upcoming appearances,
0:28.9	online courses and cultural tours at Jeffersonhour.com.
0:34.8	This week, we welcome back Professor Joseph Ellis.
0:38.4	I just love to listen to the two of you guys
0:41.2	go back and forth, Clay.
0:42.9	We got a question about whether or not elections
0:45.9	were fair and free during Jefferson's
0:48.4	1800 presidential election.
0:50.4	And it led to a long conversation, which was fascinating.
0:54.8	I'm a Jeffersonian, which means I'm an optimist.
0:59.0	And I believe in this country, and I believe in the people,
1:02.6	and I believe in the process, and I believe in the arc
1:05.3	of enlightenment and justice, and so on and so forth.
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