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Mr. President

72 episodes · 1947–1953 · ABC, Mutual · Historical

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Illustration: a transcription disc label made for Radio Days, not an original disc

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Edward Arnold starred in these dramas about the American presidency, mostly heard on ABC. Each story shows an unnamed president facing a crisis and invites listeners to guess who he is.

Sources: RadioGOLDINdex

Episodes

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194712 episodes
  • Teddy Roosevelt (June 1947) June 26, 1947 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Grover Cleveland (1947) July 3, 1947 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • John Q Adams July 10, 1947 · 29 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Ulysses S Grant (1947) July 24, 1947 · 29 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Teddy Roosevelt (August 1947) August 7, 1947 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Benjamin Harrison (1947) August 14, 1947 · 29 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Rutherford B Hayes August 21, 1947 · 29 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Martin Van Buren (1947) August 28, 1947 · 29 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • John Tyler September 4, 1947 · ABC · 30 min
    A president battles the Bank of the United States, and his own friend.
  • James Buchanan October 9, 1947 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • James A Garfield October 30, 1947 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Calvin Coolidge December 4, 1947 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
194822 episodes
  • Ulysses S Grant (January 1948) January 18, 1948 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Warren G. Harding March 7, 1948 · ABC · 30 min
    A president weighs the case of Eugene V. Debs, a model prisoner jailed for obstructing the war, and the Bonus Bill.
  • Teddy Roosevelt (March 1948) March 14, 1948 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Grover Cleveland (April 1948) April 4, 1948 · 29 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • James K Polk (1948) April 11, 1948 · 29 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Teddy Roosevelt (May 1948) May 2, 1948 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • John Adams (May 1948) May 9, 1948 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Grover Cleveland (May 1948) May 23, 1948 · 29 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • John Quincy Adams (1948) June 6, 1948 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Andrew Jackson (July 1948) July 4, 1948 · ABC · 29 min
    The show's first anniversary; Edward Arnold says President Truman told him today's story. A president battles the Bank of the United States.
  • John Adams (August 1948) August 8, 1948 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Grover Cleveland (August 1948) August 29, 1948 · 28 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Ulysses S Grant (September 1948) September 5, 1948 · 29 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Grover Cleveland (September 1948) September 12, 1948 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Abraham Lincoln (October 1948) October 31, 1948 · ABC · 29 min
    A wartime president spends his days in the White House telegraph room.
  • Theodore Roosevelt November 7, 1948 · ABC · 29 min
    A fitness-minded president orders Army officers to ride a hundred miles or hike fifty in three days.
  • Woodrow Wilson November 14, 1948 · ABC · 29 min
    A president tries hard to keep the country out of a European war, and fails.
  • James Polk November 21, 1948 · Mutual · 29 min
    A wartime president removes a difficult general at a crucial moment, then has to bring him back.
  • Abraham Lincoln (November 1948) November 28, 1948 · ABC · 29 min
    A famous president's last days, and a prophetic dream.
  • Andrew Jackson (December 1948) December 5, 1948 · ABC · 29 min
    A president fights gossip about his wife and a cabinet member's wife.
  • Andrew Johnson (1948) December 19, 1948 · Mutual · 30 min
    A president defies the Tenure of Office Act and is impeached.
  • George Washington (1948) December 26, 1948 · ABC · 29 min
    A president plays substitute father while putting down a rebellion in Pennsylvania.
19498 episodes
  • Thomas Jefferson January 2, 1949 · ABC · 30 min
    A president faces charges of treason and a duel that kills a good friend.
  • Grover Cleveland (1949) March 27, 1949 · 29 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • John Adams (1949) May 8, 1949 · 42 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Man Without A Country July 3, 1949 · 29 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • John Quincy Adams (1949) September 25, 1949 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Chester Allen Arthur October 9, 1949 · 29 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Benjamin Harrison (1949) December 11, 1949 · 41 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Man at the Gate of the World December 25, 1949 · 29 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
195021 episodes
  • William Taft January 1, 1950 · 34 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Martin Van Buren (1950) January 8, 1950 · 26 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Abraham Lincoln (1950) January 22, 1950 · ABC · 29 min
    A president takes office with the country on the brink of war.
  • Advice and Consent February 19, 1950 · 29 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this date as “Abraham Lincoln.”
  • George Washington (1950) February 26, 1950 · ABC · 29 min
    A president tries to avoid war with England, at the cost of snubbing France.
  • Quid Pro Quo? March 5, 1950 · 34 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists a broadcast on this date but gives no title.
  • There's Hay in the Barn April 2, 1950 · 31 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists a broadcast on this date but gives no title.
  • Good Friday April 9, 1950 · 31 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists a broadcast on this date but gives no title.
  • William Howard Taft May 7, 1950 · 28 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists a broadcast on this date but gives no title.
  • Dark Horse May 14, 1950 · 40 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists a broadcast on this date but gives no title.
  • Capitol Plans May 21, 1950 · 29 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists a broadcast on this date but gives no title.
  • I'll Take Manila June 25, 1950 · 35 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists a broadcast on this date but gives no title.
  • Yellow Peril July 9, 1950 · 42 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists a broadcast on this date but gives no title.
  • Fairly In, Fairly Out July 16, 1950 · 35 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists a broadcast on this date but gives no title.
  • Kissing Cousins July 23, 1950 · 35 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists a broadcast on this date but gives no title.
  • Builds His Dream House July 30, 1950 · 34 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists a broadcast on this date but gives no title.
  • Hold the Lion August 6, 1950 · 37 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists a broadcast on this date but gives no title.
  • There's No Use Crying Before You're Hit August 13, 1950 · 27 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists a broadcast on this date but gives no title.
  • War and Peace August 27, 1950 · 32 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists a broadcast on this date but gives no title.
  • A Different Kind of Loneliness September 3, 1950 · 38 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists a broadcast on this date but gives no title.
  • I Beg Your Pardon September 10, 1950 · 27 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists a broadcast on this date but gives no title.
19513 episodes
  • Zachary Taylor (1951) February 14, 1951 · ABC · 29 min
  • James K Polk (1951) April 4, 1951 · 29 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists a broadcast on this date but gives no title.
  • Franklin Pierce May 2, 1951 · 29 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
19536 episodes
  • U S Grant August 4, 1953 · 29 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Andrew Johnson (1953) August 18, 1953 · ABC · 30 min
    A president fights a blackmailing doctor and the Tenure of Office Act.
  • Abraham Lincoln (1953) August 25, 1953 · ABC · 30 min
    A wartime president tries to save three of his spies captured by the enemy.
  • James Monroe September 1, 1953 · ABC · 26 min
    The Era of Good Feelings, the Seminole campaign, Florida and a whiff of scandal.
  • Andrew Jackson (1953) September 8, 1953 · ABC · 30 min
    A senator and a friend turn on the president over the Bank of the United States.
  • Zachary Taylor (1953) September 15, 1953 · ABC · 30 min
    Should the United States annex Cuba, and what about the Americans who try to invade it?