Carry herself with great elegance. She always warranted your respect. It was one of the most splendid white houses that ever existed. It is called the era of good feeling. This is a woman who spoke french. My goodness, what she could talk about. Elizabeth was a beauty. She received is seldom anything in the white house. She hated it. Dignity, civility. Those are the words that come to mind. Elizabeth monroe served as first lady from 1817 to 1825 as a time known as the era of good feeling. Coming up, we will explore her life and what were not always happy times inside the white house for this woman born into a welltodo new york family. She married james monroe at the age of 17 and traveled new york extensively with him. She brought with her to the white house a certain french sensibility. Welcome to cspan and the White House Historical associations first ladies. We will look at the life of Elizabeth Monroe. Let me introduce two guests. Daniel preston and Richard Norton smith. Gentlemen,
American history tv is featuring cspans original series, first ladies, influence and image on sundays for the rest of the year. Cspan produced a series with cooperation with the White House Historical series and questions , from cspan viewers, we tell the story of first ladies. This is about 90 minutes. She was not happy that her husband had been elected president. She was not looking forward to being first lady. The problem was of course that he died only one month into his presidency and she never made it to washington. In 1836, when john tyler resigned from the United States senate he and his wife letitia and their family moved here to williamsburg. Its right here that Letitia Tyler suffered her stroke in 1839, john tyler learned that he was elected as Vice President to William Henry harrison and its also here in the spring of 1841 where he was informed that he became 10th president of the United States and that Letitia Tyler learned that she became the first lady. She has another t
President. She was not looking forward to being first lady. The problem was of course that he died only one month into his presidency and she never made it to washington. In 1836, when john tyler resigned from the United States senate he and his wife letitia and their family moved here to williamsburg. Its right here that Letitia Tyler suffered her stroke in 1839, john tyler learned that he was elected as Vice President to William Henry harrison and its also here in the spring of 1841 where he was informed that he became 10th president of the United States and that Letitia Tyler learned that she became the first lady. She has another terrible stroke and dies and her husband goes into great mourning. And then he meets Julia Gardiner who is this another young lovely in her 20s. Julie, i think of as the madonna, you know, of first ladies. [laughter] she loved publicity. She had actually posed as a model at a time when that was maybe, say, frowned upon but all accounts was bewitching. Juli
Health problems and live coverage of that on cspan3 at 10 00 a. M. This morning. We will be here with the 2016 president ial contenders and the expanding field. Democrats, 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. And independents, 2027488002. With Mike Huckabee becoming the sixth republican, a fourth line for evangelical voters 2027488003. Join the conversation on twitter, cspanwj or facebook. Or you can send us an email. Usa today saying that with my car could be with Mike Huckabee in the race, they are vying for the christian vote. Huckabee launches his bid for the white house, 59 years old he won the iowa caucus in 2008 when he ran the first time. They say he will spend today and thursday in iowa and then head to South Carolina where evangelical voters are more prevalent than in new hampshire. That is usa today. the wall street Journal Editorial Board article of his bid. They say his campaign economic populace is making a comeback on the right and not always in a good way. Mike huckabee
2027488001 for republicans. You can send an email to journal cspan. Org. All front pages have essentially the same lead story. Court calls nsa data sweep illegal. There is the l. A. Times, the new york times. Nsa collection of bulk call data is ruled illegal. In the Washington Times lead editorial big brother takes a hit. Senator Mitch Mcconnell has made it clear to his colleagues that he wants the usa patriot act including the parts of the legislation scheduled to expire at the end of june, fully extended. He seems ready to do whatever he can to get his way. The usa patriot act was enacted in the days following 9 11 when the nation trembled on the verge of panic, with little debate and little opposition in congress the usa freedom act would modify the patriot act. The freedom act is expected to pass in the house the attorney general Loretta Lynch was asked about it in testimony yesterday. Lynch section 215 has been a vital tool in our National Security arsenal, but the department has