Today is launch day for “Running Mates,” a limited-series podcast presented by Dakota Town Hall and featuring Town Hall host Brad “Murdoc” Jurgensen and this blogger.
Two years ago, I was a guest on 11 episodes of Dakota Town Hall, talking through the history every South Dakota governor, from Arthur C. Mellette to Kristi Noem. The following year, we added a 12th episode on Dakota territorial governors. You can find those here.
The new podcast is a similar format, as Murdoc and I talk through every U.S. presidential election. The first episode begins with the Constitutional Convention of 1787 and then discusses the first four elections, which elected George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson. That episode is 50 minutes and I estimate the series will ultimately be 12-15 episodes.
I will update this list, below, with each weekly episode of Running Mates as they are released:
| Ep. 1: 1788 George Washington, unopposed 1792 George Washington, unopposed 1796 John Adams v. Thomas Jefferson 1800 Thomas Jefferson v. Aaron Burr v. John Adams | Spotify | Apple Podcasts |
| Ep. 2: 1804 Thomas Jefferson v. Charles Cotesworth Pinckney 1808 James Madison v. Charles Cotesworth Pinckney 1812 James Madison v. DeWitt Clinton 1816 James Monroe v. Rufus King 1820 Monroe, unopposed 1824 John Quincy Adams v. Andrew Jackson v. William Crawford v. Henry Clay | Spotify | Apple Podcasts |
| Ep. 3: 1828 Andrew Jackson v. John Quincy Adams 1832 Andrew Jackson v. Henry Clay 1836 Martin Van Buren v. William Henry Harrison v. Daniel Webster v. Hugh Lawson White 1840 William Henry Harrison v. Martin Van Buren 1844 James K. Polk v. Henry Clay | Spotify | Apple Podcasts |
| Ep. 4: 1848 Zachary Taylor v. Lewis Cass 1852 Franklin Pierce v. Winfield Scott 1856 James Buchanan v. John C. Fremont v. Millard Fillmore | Spotify | Apple Podcasts |
| Ep. 5: 1860 Abraham Lincoln v. Stephen Douglas v. John C. Breckinridge v. John Bell 1864 Abraham Lincoln v. George B. McClellan 1868 Ulysses S. Grant v. Horatio Seymour | Spotify | Apple Podcasts |
| Ep. 6: 1872 Ulysses S. Grant v. Horace Greeley 1876 Rutherford B. Hayes v. Samuel J. Tilden 1880 James A. Garfield v. Winfield Scott Hancock 1884 Grover Cleveland v. James G. Blaine 1888 Benjamin Harrison v. Grover Cleveland 1892 Grover Cleveland v. Benjamin Harrison v. James B. Weaver | Spotify | Apple Podcasts |
| Ep. 7: 1896 William McKinley v. William Jennings Bryan 1900 William McKinley v. William Jennings Bryan 1904 Theodore Roosevelt v. Alton B. Parker | Spotify | Apple Podcasts |
| Ep. 8: 1908 William Howard Taft v. William Jennings Bryan 1912 Woodrow Wilson v. Theodore Roosevelt v. William Howard Taft 1916 Woodrow Wilson v. Charles Evans Hughes | Spotify | Apple Podcasts |
| Ep. 9: 1920 Warren G. Harding v. James Cox 1924 Cavlin Coolidge v. John W. Davis v. Robert LaFollette 1928 Herbert Hoover v. Alfred E. Smith | Spotify | Apple Podcasts |
| Ep. 10: 1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt v. Herbert Hoover 1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt v. Alfred E. Landon 1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt v. Wendell Willkie 1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt v. Thomas E. Dewey | Spotify | Apple Podcasts |
| Ep. 11: 1948 Harry S. Truman v. Thomas E. Dewey 1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower v. Adlai E. Stevenson 1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower v. Adlai E. Stevenson | Spotify | Apple Podcasts |
| Ep. 12: 1960 John F. Kennedy v. Richard Nixon 1964 Lyndon B. Johnson v. Barry Goldwater | Spotify | Apple Podcasts |
| Ep. 13: 1968 Richard Nixon v. Hubert H. Humphrey v. George C. Wallace 1972 Richard Nixon v. George McGovern | Spotify | Apple Podcasts |
| Ep. 14: 1976 Jimmy Carter v. Gerald R. Ford | Spotify | Apple Podcasts |
| Ep. 15: 1980 Ronald Reagan v. Jimmy Carter 1984 Ronald Reagan v. Walter Mondale | Spotify | Apple Podcasts |
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