Today we address the President of the United States as “Mr. President.” But did you know that the proper title for the office was almost “His Highness the President?”
Kathleen Bartoloni-Tuazon, author of For Fear of an Elective King, leads us on an exploration of the presidential title controversy of 1789, the first controversy to wrack the United States Congress.
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