Sep 13  A Stormy Political Career
Channel: Natchez National Historical Park
Date: 2016-09-13

Windell Weeden presents today's  Natchez History Minute on Cowles Mead, who served as acting governor and ordered the arrest of Aaron Burr for treason. After Burr was acquitted, Mead was widely criticized for ordering the arrest without a warrant and felt that his actions overshadowed every other facet of his career.