He christened me cokie and i have been cody ever since. Host you write in your book from this day forward iron the youngest child of the family. Case guest i said that to him when we were first meeting each other at a student political meeting in ohio in 1962 between our software and junior years and we were writing notes back and forth to each other, very important Plenary Session or whatever students do and he had something typically 19yearold boy, i wrote back i am the youngest. Host who are the dogs . Guest a wonderful family. Some of the most dedicated Public Servants in the history of the country. My father was selected to congress in 1940 before i was born, he was 26 years old, my mother was 24. They had a baby girl the day of his election and tweet days later a baby boy and they came here and i think about it now in my old age and think about these kids coming to washington. In this day and age they would still be on their Parents Health insurance and there they are, they were
40. 95, plus shipping. A dollars . 25r plus shipping. Next, set as historian emeritus don ritchie takes us Senate Officeksen building. We learn about its construction, place in history, and the buildings namesake. Once upon the time the entire United States senate could operate out of the Capital Building. That wasnt the 19th century that was in the 19th century. Demands of the government grew and as services group, letters started coming in, more staff had to be hired, more space had to be acquired, and eventually the three Senate Buildings were constructed. Right now we are in the dirksen building, we are in the large multipurpose hearing room that has had various layers of history. The first Senate Office building 1909, known as the russell office. More and more services were coming out. All of the senators were in one building and all the staff were in one building. Was a small unity of staff and senators that existed in the building until 1958. Steadily that a on the government in
People make a difference in life when they have ripples. And when i look around this room at the deaspera, the extended family, and i see what everybodys doing, whether its back in rhode island or whether its up in baltimore or whether its all over the country, you know, the ripples are what come from graceful passion, because graceful passion is about inspiring people to then govern and lead with that graceful passion. And i think, as i was listening last week, with the privilege of being 15 feet or so away from the pope, i couldnt help but think of senator kennedy, because i know he was in that chamber as well, and he was talking, as he listened to the message of humility and dialogue that the pope was talking about, that pope could have been talking about ted kennedy, because thats what it was about. So, i hope that young people who maybe go into that filling station of cynicism, may be going and thinking, you know what, this isnt for me i think this oral history project is as impor
World. I hope we have given that to our children. I know george w i heard him say several times his dad has given him unconditional love. That is true. All of this baloney about george competing with his father, its just ridiculous. They are devoted to each other, and there was never any competition, and my george is putty in their hands, i must confess, but i think they feel loved, and i hope if i have a legacy other than being the enforcer that it would be that i raised a great family along with george. American history tv is featuring cspans original series, first ladies, influence and image at 8 00 eastern sunday nights rather rest of the year. Next week, we look at hillary clinton. This is American History tv. All weekend, every weekend, on cspan3. They were wives. And mothers. Some had children and grandchildren who became president s and politicians. They dealt with the joys and trials of motherhood. The pleasure and sometimes chaos of raising small children. And, the tragedy of
Ew, morehe services gr public letters started coming in, more staff had to be hired, more space had to be acquired, and eventually the three Senate Buildings were constructed. Right now we are in the dirksen , building. We are in the large multipurpose hearing room that has had various layers of history. The first Senate Office building opened in 1909, known as the Richard Russell building. This was because the government was growing. There were more and more services coming out. All of the senators were in one building and all the staff were in one building. There was a Small Community of staff and senators that existed in the building until 1958. But steadily, the demands on the government increased. People started writing in, Social Security became an issue, so many other federal issues directly affected citizens, so they were to their senators. Senators hired more staff and they had to find more places to put them. At one point, the russell building was absolutely crammed with peop