Ep8. William Wirt Fights the Freemasons
Fail to the Chief
English - March 15, 2015 18:45 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsHistory Comedy Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Every episode, comic historian Thom Woodley (@thomwoodley) details one loser of a presidential election. This time, it's the 1832 third party, William Wirt, sole candidate of the short-lived Anti-Masonic Party... that's right, an entire party dedicated to eradicating the influence of Freemasons.