Episode 117: Dead Daddy's Money | Martha Mitchell and James Henry Hammond
March 30th, 2022
1 hr 19 mins 50 secs
Season 3
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About this Episode
Hillary and Tina cover Martha Mitchell and governor turned senator James Henry Hammond.
Hillary’s Story
Martha Mitchell made a name for herself in Washington, DC by spilling political secrets. BUT when she discovers a Watergate connection to her husband, he tries to silence her.
Tina’s Story
James Henry Hammond was an awful pro-slavery politician steeped in controversy. BUT when his diary is published nearly 100 years after his death, it adds even more shame to his already shameful legacy.
Sources
Hillary's Story
All That's Interesting
Martha Mitchell: The Woman Nobody Believed About Watergate
BBC
Martha Mitchell speaks out about Nixon, Watergate
Encyclopedia
Mitchell, Martha (1918-1976)
The New York Times
Martha Mitchell Testifies in Civil Suit--by Charlotte Curtis
People
A Martha Mitchell Biography Raps John, but Confirms That She Loved Him Until She Died--By Martha Smilgis
Timeline
This woman was held hostage and drugged because she knew too much about Watergate
The Washington Post
'I'm a political prisoner': Mouthy Martha Mitchell was the George Conway of the Nixon era
Wikipedia
Martha Mitchell
Photos
Martha Mitchell--from US National Archives via Public Domain
Martha and John Mitchell--from AP via Politico
“Martha was Right” Flower Arrangement--via Necessary Storms
Tina's Story
Elisa Rolle: Queer Places
James Henry Hammond
Google Arts & Culture
James Henry Hammond
Headstuff
James Henry Hammond, Pro-Slavery Paedophile Politician--by Ciaran Conliffe
History, Art & Archives
Representative James Henry Hammond of South Carolina
House Divided
In Washington D.C., the second South Carolina senator, James Henry Hammond, resigns his seat
Learning for Justice
Sen. James Henry Hammond On the Admission of Kansas, Under the Lecompton Constitution Speech Before the United States Senate / Cotton is King--by James Henry Hammond
Library of Congress
James Henry Hammond papers
Moultrie News
Laying bare the Hammond-Hampton feud--by Tom Horton
National Park Service
James Henry Hammond
The New York Times
Monster of All He Survived--by Rosellen Brown
South Carolina
James Henry Hammond
South Carolina Encyclopedia
Hammond, James Henry
University North Carolina: The Southern Historical Collection
Collection Title: James Henry Hammond Letters, 1831-1845.
Wikipedia
Hammond School
James Henry Hammond
Photos
James Henry Hammond--via Public Domain
Catherine Fitzimmons--via Headstuff
Thomas J. Withers--via Elisa Rolle's Queer Places Website
The Hammond School in 1966--via Public Domain