Episode 44: Grateful Dead, People

Tina and Hillary cover former US House Representative for Tennessee, Sam Houston and Vice President Mike Pence’s time as Indiana Governor.

Tina’s Story
Sam Houston served as the US House Rep for Tennessee, then earned a seat as Governor of Tennessee, and then later became the Republic of Texas’s first and third president, senator of Texas, and later served as Governor of Texas. But, his early career in Tennessee came to a halting end because of marital strife.

Hillary’s Story
Before serving as Vice President and leading the Coronavirus Task Force, Pence served as Indiana governor. But, when the then governor faced a potential AIDS outbreak in 2015, he ignored public health advice which led to hundreds of cases statewide.

Tina's Story
Wikimedia
Sam Houston
William Stanbery

History.com
7 Things You May Not Know About Sam Houston--by CHRISTOPHER KLEIN

Tennessee Historical Society
Sam Houston and Eliza Allen: “Ten Thousand Imputed Slanders”

The Washington Post
SAM HOUSTON'S 'BRIDE' REVISITED--By Sarah Booth Conroy

Texas Monthly
Sam Houston, Warts and All--by Bill Porterfield

Hays Free Press
Tennessee scandal drives Houston into Texas exile--by Bartee Haile

History Net
As Big As Texas: Sam Houston--by Johnny D. Boggs

The Post Intelligencer
New details emerge of Houston's failed marriage--via AP

Longview News Journal
Houston’s trial changed Texas, U.S. history--By Van Craddock

Georgetown University Law Center
Marital Exits and Marital Expectations in Nineteenth Century America--by Hendrik A. Hartog

Texas Standard
The Street Fight That Brought Sam Houston to Texas--by Andrew Roush

Boundary Stones
A Congressional Beating: Sam Houston and William Stanbery--by Mark Jones

Photos
Sam Houston--from George Eastman Museum via Public Domain
Eliza Allen--from the Kenneth Thompson Collection via The Tennessee Historical Society
William Stanbery--via Public Domain

Hillary's Story
Sources
Wikipedia
Mike Pence
White House Coronavirus Task Force

The Guardian
‘We still have darkness’: the town where an HIV outbreak occurred under Mike Pence--by John Wood

The Policy Surveillance Program
Syringe Distribution Laws

Huffpost
Mike Pence's Defining Moment As Governor? Enabling An HIV Outbreak.--by Erin Schumaker

New York Times
Mike Pence’s Response to H.I.V. Outbreak: Prayer, Then a Change of Heart--by Megan Twohey

PBS News Hour
What Pence’s handling of an HIV outbreak means for his coronavirus role--by Gretchen Frazee

NPR WLRN
Pence's New Coronavirus Role Raises Questions About His Public Health Record--by Miles Parks

Indiana Democratic Party
A Timeline of Mike Pence’s Discrimination Against the LGBT Community

Politifact
Speaking of an HIV outbreak in Indiana during his time as governor, says “we immediately deployed health resources.”--by Miriam Valverde
How Mike Pence Made Indiana’s HIV Outbreak Worse--by GREGG GONSALVES and FORREST CRAWFORD

CNN
Pence's history managing HIV crisis in Indiana under scrutiny now that he's overseeing coronavirus--by Jen Christensen

Fact Check
Pence Moved Slowly in Combating HIV Outbreak--By Rem Rieder

NCBI
Dynamics of the HIV Outbreak and Response in Scott County, Indiana, 2011-2015: A Modeling Study--by Gregg S. Gonsalves, PhD and Forrest W. Crawford, PhD

NBC News
Pence's handling of 2015 HIV outbreak gets new scrutiny--by Associated Press

Photos
Vice President Mike Pence--by D. Myles Cullen via Public Domain

Mike Pence as Governor--by Michael Conroy via Chicago Tribune

Mike Pence at COVID Briefing--via Washington Post