Isaac Murphy | The 8th Governor of Arkansas

This episode of the 1836 podcast continues the Governor’s or Arkansas series. In 1861, as every other dissenting delegate caved to pressure, Isaac Murphy stood alone and refused to vote for Arkansas's secession — a decision that cost him his home, threatened his life, and set him on a path to becoming the state's first Reconstruction governor. This is his story, from Pennsylvania schoolteacher to Arkansas's most unlikely political survivor.

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