Author Jeffrey Boutwell

William Cooper Podcast Channel · Feb 3, 2026 · 22m

We discuss Jeffrey's new book: BOUTWELL: Radical Republican and Champion of Democracy. https://www.jeffreyboutwell.com/ George S. Boutwell is the most consequential American political figure you've never heard of. During his career from 1839 to 1905, he was Governor of Massachusetts, served in the U.S. House and Senate, was Treasury Secretary for Ulysses Grant and Commissioner of Internal Revenue for Abraham Lincoln, helped create the Republican Party in the 1850s, and challenged the efforts of Presidents McKinley and Teddy Roosevelt to annex the Philippines in 1900 following the…