Blount Conspiracy

Features, Interviews, Law, People, Postwar Politics (>1783) March 14, 2021 March 14, 2021

This Week on Dispatches: Andrew Zellers-Frederick on the Impeachment of Senator William Blount, the First in American History

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On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews historian and JAR contributor Andrew Zellers-Frederick on the impeachment of Senator William Blount of Tennessee, the…

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The Impeachment of Senator William Blount—the First in American History

by Andrew A. Zellers-Frederick

It is easy to suggest that William Blount made no significant contribution to the development of the United States. His achievements, although not negligible,…

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