Fred Dubois person

“Nothing too exciting. These are people who came from upper middle class families and were good students. Okay, moving on. Mr. Fred Dubois. Great mustache there. Dubois, class of 1872. Why do we care about Fred? He was a two-term U.S. Senato…”

“Nothing too exciting. These are people who came from upper middle class families and were good students. Okay, moving on. Mr. Fred Dubois. Great mustache there. Dubois, class of 1872. Why do we care about Fred? He was a two-term U.S. Senato…”

“Goes to Yale, but he's still not what you would call blue blood. Correct. He's blue blood adjacent. Correct. Goes to Yale, 1870 to 72. Gets involved in some small businesses until 75. Then he gets in 1875, he gets appointed to the Board of …”

“greatest fortunes in human history are made in this time period. So his father dies. He takes off in 1880 and moves to the Idaho territory with his brother, Dr. Jesse Dubois Jr. He then becomes a U.S. Marshal for the Idaho territory, which …”

“to disenfranchise Mormon voters due to polygamy. He was anti-Mormon. 1886, he becomes a Republican congressional delegate from the territory, and he's there lobbying for Idaho statehood. The president at the time is guy by the name of Presi…”

“Same thing Hamilton pushed for. Same thing Lincoln and the Republicans pushed for. He's also, in 1896, part of what's called the Silver Republican Faction. At the time, there's a huge political issue called Free Silver. A couple of congress…”

“But this time, as a Democrat. I think he's one of only three men in history to serve in the Senate as both a Democrat and a Republican. That's interesting. And it was all about the silver. Because William Jennings Bryan was a populist. And …”

“He lost his reelection in 1907, spent the rest of his life in D.C., not doing much. He did work with the Woodrow Wilson campaigns in 1912 and 1916, and he would die in 1930. But that's a pretty darn interesting life, don't you think? Yeah, …”

“He then breaks with Democrats and supports Teddy Roosevelt's agenda of environmental conservatism. I'm sorry, conservationism. He would support William. We've got to talk about the Roosevelt's and conservationism conservationism next couple…”

“He then breaks with Democrats and supports Teddy Roosevelt's agenda of environmental conservatism. I'm sorry, conservationism. He would support William. We've got to talk about the Roosevelt's and conservationism conservationism next couple…”