Belva Ann Lockwood: A Veteran Lady Lawyer? In the 1800s??
Ok so the first prezzy prezzy candidate for 1884 is like... Possibly more rare than a unicorn! Not only is she a woman in 1800s politics, bu...
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20 of 339 episodesThomas Andrews Hendricks: WHOA! He's back?
The final VP candidee of 1884 is just... My goodness what is he doing back here? Okay? I guess this is a REBROADCAST with the NEW INFO at th...
John Alexander Logan: Most Improved?
This VP Candidate seems to have lived a fairly easy life, floating around the government as he preps for 1884...
William Daniel: Keeping An Eye On The Drunks!
These prohibition folks are STILL AT IT in 1884, and this next VP candidate is no exception, that's for sure!
Absolom Madden West: A Career Traitor. Don't Trust Him.
This next 1884 VP candidate is rather unknown... But um. He DOES have a habit of changing allegiances so be careful around him...
Marietta Stow: Wait, A Woman?
The first VP candidate we're looking at for 1884 ALSO happens to be the first woman to ever run for VP... I mean, it only took a hundred yea...
1883: Fyre Fest But He's A Cannibal
Ok so for this final in-between-election episode some crazy man ate people and he's in court now in 1883 and like... I don't like him.
1882: You Ain't Never Leaving Vulcan Street
In this next in-betweener it's time for a cute little story about the invention of how generate electricity in ya household!
1881: Cleopatra in the Big City!
We are now getting into these in-between-election events! And things are already starting off crazy cuz there's some 1400 BCE stuff going on...
ELECTION #24!
The 1880 election is here and why does all this nonsense sound so freaking familiar?
James Abram Garfield: Stark-Raving Abolitionist Mathemetician!
We have arrived at the final official presidential potential for 1880 and this man's done some rather unusual things indeed!
Winfield Scott Hancock: A Many-Faced Demon
The second-to-last 1880 Prezzy Wezzy candidee has experienced a great deal of recent history from a great number of vantage points all becau...
James Baird Weaver: Man of the Future!
As these 1880 Prezzy Wezzy candidates wind down, we find ourselves ahead of our time somehow with this guy...
Neal Dow: The Forever War Against Alcahol!
This presidential candidate for 1880 definitely has one of the stranger backstories regarding his motivations, or should I say primarily sin...
John Wolcott Phelps: A Soldier in Perhaps Too Many Ways or Just Enough Ways!
The first prezzy wezzy candidate for 1880 we're looking at has a very weird, contradictory military history. I don't know what to do with hi...
Chester Alan Arthur: The Slimiest Abolitionist Ever
The final VP candidate we are looking at for 1880 has done some of the wildest political shenanigans I have seen in a long time... New York...
William Hayden English: Willing To Compromise Literally Anything
As these VP candidates wind down we meet a dude who honestly is such a square that he's lucky he's from Indiana.
Barzillai Jefferson Chambers: The Crazed Landlord!
These 1880 VP Candidates are really turning out to be an unusual bunch, and BARZILLAI over here is no exception.
Henry Adams Thompson: He's Just A Math Tearcher Bro.
Yes it's another VP candidate for 1880 and uh... his qualifications are uh... Integral Calculus I Guess?
Samuel Clarke Pomeroy: You want to do WHAT in Panama?
It's 1880 election season time! We must discuss! This first vp potential is a little weirdo who maybe bribed one person that one time? Maybe...