1865 Presents American Elections: Wicked Game

1865

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Fiction, Drama, Government, Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, History

4.8 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

At the end of episode three, Ulysses S. Grant decided to run as the Republican nominee for president in the 1868 election. Coming up in episode four, Grant is inaugurated.

But there is some important history in between. This week, we’re going to fill in those gaps with an episode from another podcast. Hosted by executive producer Lindsay Graham, American Elections: Wicked Game is an in-depth look at all 59 U.S. presidential elections.

In 1868, while Andrew Johnson went on an early and norm-breaking campaign tour to promote his reelection, he was not ultimately chosen to lead the Democratic ticket. Instead, it was Horatio Seymour of New York that went head-to-head with Grant.

But the battle lines were the same: was the country to remain a “white man’s government,” as Seymour promised it would, or could Grant take back the reins of Reconstruction, and lead a broken nation to healing through equity?

Please enjoy Episode 21 from the podcast American Elections: Wicked Game: 1868, Seymour vs Grant: The Rise of the General.

1865 returns with episode four next week.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Lindsay Graham, executive producer of 1865.
0:05.0	The first three episodes of Season 2 of 1865 had been what we've called a prologue.
0:10.1	Rewinding a bit from where Season 1 ended, and getting into more detail about the political
0:14.4	ramifications of Andrew Johnson's impeachment, the rau over the tenure of Alpha's act, and
0:18.9	to introduce a new but major character, General Ulysses S. Grant.
0:23.9	Episode 4 of Season 2 begins just before Grant's inauguration.
0:27.6	I don't think it's a spoiler that he won the presidency.
0:31.4	But though anyone who's ever seen a $50 bill, those Grant did become president.
0:35.7	The details of his victory in 1868 aren't so well known.
0:39.4	This week we're going to fill in those gaps with an episode from another of my podcasts,
0:43.5	American Elections Wicked Game.
0:45.1	It's an in-depth tour of all 59 presidential elections, and in 1868, while Andrew Johnson
0:50.9	went on an early and norm-breaking campaign tour to promote his reelection.
0:55.2	He was ultimately not chosen to lead the Democratic ticket.
0:58.7	Instead he was Horatio Seymour of New York that went head-to-head with Grant, but the
1:02.9	battle lines were the same.
1:04.8	Was the country to remain a white man's government as Seymour promised it would, or could Grant
1:10.0	take back the reigns of reconstruction and lead a broken nation to healing through
1:14.2	equity?
1:15.2	Here's episode 21 from the podcast American Elections Wicked Game, 1868 Seymour v. Grant,
1:21.8	the rise of the general.
1:23.5	1865 returned with episode 4 of season 2 next week.
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