Clay Jenkinson is joined by regular guest Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky to talk about one of the strangest and most extraordinary people of America’s Early National Period, John Randolph of Roanoke, Virginia. Randolph was a brilliant and flamboyant man, hairless with the voice of a soprano and locked physically in a pre-pubescent state. Yet he was a brilliant orator, an outstanding Congressional floor manager, with a wicked tongue and a vituperative spirit. Randolph was a radical Republican who broke with President Jefferson when the third President behaved like a pragmatist rather than an ideologue. We discuss a number of episodes from Randolph’s colorful life, including his manumission of more than 300 slaves and his role in the impeachment trial of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase.
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#1598 A Conversation with Political Cartoonist Phil Hands
#1597 Arbor Day and the Seeds of Liberty
#1596 Ten Things on Nullification
#1595 The Solar Eclipse of 2024
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#1593 The LTA Survey and American Reflections
#1592 Geert Mak and John Steinbeck’s Travels with Charley
#1591 The Election of 2024 and the Constitution
#1590 Ten Things: The Jefferson-Adams Correspondence
#1589 Loss of Respect for American Institutions
#1588 Presidential Norms
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#1586 Ten Things on Margaret Bayard Smith
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