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Nov. 21, 2021

3.38 – Electioneering

3.38 – Electioneering

Year(s) Discussed: 1806-1808

As the 1808 presidential election neared, the infighting in the Democratic-Republican faction was exacerbated by not one but two challengers to Secretary of State James Madison’s candidacy – Vice President George Clinton and former US Minister to Britain James Monroe. Meanwhile, Napoleon’s constant wars in Europe continued to impact US foreign policy, and the Jefferson administration began a new round of negotiations with British envoy George Rose to seek a resolution to the crisis precipitated by the Chesapeake-Leopard incident while working out how to effectively enforce the Embargo Act.

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Season 3 03 - Thomas Jefferson

Special thanks to Alycia of the Civics & Coffee Podcast for providing the intro quote for this episode and to Christian of Your Podcast Pal for his audio editing assistance with this episode!

The transcript for this episode can be found here.

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Featured Image: “James Madison” by Gilbert Stuart [c. 1805-1807], courtesy of Wikipedia

Intro and Outro Music: Selections from “Jefferson and Liberty” as performed by The Itinerant Band