Who is AMOS ELLMAKER? Lincoln Tells a Story, Inkeeps of Old, Finding Marvin Gardens

Amos Ellmaker, the VP candidate of the 1832 anti-Masonic party, shares fascinating stories from early American politics. He discusses the turbulent 1832 election, highlighting how third-party movements contended with the major political powers. Listeners are treated to a humorous anecdote involving a Civil War-era innkeeper and a senator. The conversation also touches on the whimsical quest to find the Monopoly-inspired Marvin Gardens, revealing the real history behind this fictional location in Atlantic City.