SATT 027.2 - Richard Rush Part Two
Tenure of Office: February 10, 1814 - November 12, 1817 (as Attorney General); March 07, 1825 - March 05, 1829 (as Secretary of the Treasury)
In Part Two of this episode, Rush returned to the Cabinet as Secretary of the Treasury in the administration of John Quincy Adams, but he quickly found out that the Era of Good Feelings was long past over at this point. Join me and my special guest, Alycia from Civics & Coffee, as we examine the remainder of Rush's life and lengthy career which saw him shift parties due to changing political circumstances and took him to Queen Victoria's England as well as Paris during the Revolutions of 1848. More information can be found at https://www.presidenciespodcast.com.
Special thanks to Alycia of Civics and Coffee for joining me for this episode!
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Featured Image: "Richard Rush" by Thomas Waterman Wood [c. 1856], courtesy of Wikipedia
