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🗓️ 21 October 2016
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Welcome back all history fans to the Giants of History Podcast!
In this episode, we explore one of the greatest Presidents in United States history Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln’s life is a study in the power of perseverance, and nowhere is that power better put on display then in reviewing a list that has become legendary in this day and age, and that is the list of “Lincoln’s Famous Failures.” There is so much to be learned from Lincoln and this lesson is one that certainly transcends generations and time. We hope you enjoy!
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0:00.0 | And the Let's kick the show off with a quick trivia question for you and I'll leave a little bit of |
0:26.5 | silence after I pose the question so that you can let it marinate a bit so don't think that |
0:30.9 | something went wrong when you hear the silence. |
0:33.6 | And the question is, how many people the 44th President of the United States, you would |
0:50.5 | be wrong. |
0:52.0 | It's a trick question. |
0:53.0 | Barack Obama is in fact the 44th president, |
0:57.0 | but only 43 people have been president. |
1:00.0 | And that's because Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and the 24th President of the United States. |
1:07.0 | Cleveland served one term in office from 1885 to 1889, then lost re-election to Benjamin Harrison. But four years later he was elected |
1:17.3 | president again and served a second term from 1893 to 1897. |
1:23.0 | He is the only president in our history |
1:26.0 | to serve two non-consecutive terms in office. |
1:30.0 | And it should come as no surprise to anyone that over the years there have been numerous |
1:35.1 | surveys and polls conducted trying to rank the 43 presidents in order from best to worst. |
1:43.0 | And this is pretty much all in an effort to see who people think the greatest |
1:47.5 | presidents in United States history are, as well as who is at the very bottom of the list. |
1:54.0 | I think it's safe to say that many people aren't as attracted to knowing who was the |
1:58.5 | 17th best president in US history. |
2:02.0 | But recently, nearly 20 surveys and polls that were conducted |
2:06.2 | over the last 60 years or so, |
2:08.9 | with the earliest being in 1948 |
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