Founding Son: Episode 6 - The Last of Earth
Half-Hour History: Secrets of the Medieval World
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The Last of Earth
In 1841, Vice President William Henry Harrison died after just 31 days in office. John Quincy Adams was riding one of the highest waves of his life. He saw Tyler as a gathering storm who could ruin smooth seas for next four years. Carp: "Tyler is a political sectarian of the slave-driving Virginian Jeffersonian school"
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