This is William Rufus King w/ Thomas Balcerski - The Forgotten VP, His Role in The Compromise of 1850, His Relationship with James Buchanan and More

My History Can Beat Up Your Politics

Bruce Carlson

News, Politics, History

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🗓️ 18 March 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

The 13th Vice President of the United States remains obscure. Where King's name does come up, it's often with the wrong picture. Or he's confused with Rufus King. According to our guest, Thomas Balcerski, Associate Professor of History at Eastern Connecticut University, he should be in the discussion. Balcerski is author of Bosom Friends: The Intimate World of James Buchanan and William Rufus King (Oxford University Press, 2019). We get into the Presidential Ratings Game too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an Air Wave Media Podcast.
0:05.0	The Civil War and Reconstruction was a pivotal era in American history.
0:10.0	When a war was fought to save the Union and to free the slaves.
0:14.0	And when the work to rebuild the nation after that war was over,
0:18.0	turned into a struggle to guarantee liberty and justice for all Americans.
0:23.0	I'm Tracy.
0:24.0	And I'm Rich.
0:25.0	And we want to invite you to join us as we take an in-depth look at this pivotal era in American history.
0:32.0	Look for the Civil War and Reconstruction wherever you find your podcasts.
0:37.0	You know, William Rufus King has been so forgotten and dismissed that not just do we sometimes not even know his name, but his picture.
0:45.0	If you go on the internet very often you'll see a picture of William Rufus King that's not William Rufus King.
0:52.0	It's actually the New York politician Fernando Wood.
0:55.0	Who looks a little bit like William Rufus King, but they were not the same person.
1:00.0	And certainly within the passage of time and in our own time, he's been not given the kind of attention he deserves.
1:21.0	A reminder about the Patreon for my history can beat up your politics where you can go, get extra episodes, like things we left out of the Lincoln Train podcast, things we left out of the Mechanics Institute podcast because there was simply no time.
1:43.0	Did Lyndon Johnson want to run in 1968 at the convention?
1:49.0	We explore that in a large episode, the mall of decade about the 1890s, many other things.
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2:05.0	William Rufus King attracted attention within the Democratic Party.
2:09.0	He was described by peers always as an able legislator and an impressive speaker.
2:14.0	He was elected to serve four consecutive terms as Senator and earned a solid reputation as a moderate, pro-business, Jacksonian Democratic.
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