Ho you are looking at some of the images from the 1884 president ial electionthey discud his time. 1884 against cleveland. Ironically, in 1876, it was b laine who prevented Ulysses Grant from making a comeback and winning a third term. Besides being secretary of state for James Garfield and Chester Arthur he was secretary of state under three president s. What else did he do . He was a speaker of the house. He was a governor. He changed some of the rules in the house. The speakers are always changing the rules somewhat to their advantage is. This was after the civil war when congress was much more central, much more potent than it had been. Their reaction against the strong executive said in. To be the secret the speaker of the house, to be a power in congress meant a lot more fun than it would today. Do you have anything to say . What do you think would have happened if he won . I think he would be regarded as the best president between lincoln and tr. He was assertive, he had intelle
I know exactly the year, with then congressman Dick Gephardt who was running for president. And i knew dick quite well and i was chatting with him and i asked him, do you know the last member of the house who was elected from the house to become president . And he said no. I said, well, let me give you a hint. Do you know who the only member of the house who was elected straight from the house to be president . And he still said no. And i said garfield. And he said they shot him. And i said youre running for the job, im not. But garfield, as well see, in a brief period was president elect, senatorelect from ohio and sitting congressman all at the same time. Fascinating, fascinating guy. At the time he was elected president , he was by far the youngest president we had had in American History to that date. Only two american president s in our history died before reaching the age of 50, kennedy and garfield. Obviously both for sad reasons. But hes the only house member, and im trying to
Significant general in the civil war, everyone understood he wasnt physically there. So i will hang out. Some of you are wanting to go and find out whats happening in the hockey game. Next week is mckinley. Another set of really fascinating stories. On saturday, cspans issues spotlight looks at police and Race Relations. Well show you president obama at the Memorial Service for Police Officers killed in dallas. A speech by senator tim scott about his own interactions with the police. And washington, d. C. , police chief kathy lanier describing her agencys community policing. Heres a review. In the course of one year, ive been stopped seven times by Law Enforcement officers. Not four. Not five. Not six. But seven times. In one year. As an elected official. Was i speeding sometimes . Sure. But the vast majority of the time i was pulled over for nothing more than driving a new car in the wrong neighborhood, or some other reason just as trivial. Watch issue spotlight on police and Race Rel
[captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] among the speakers tonight getting underway at 7 30, eric trump. Also laura ingram, Newt Gingrich , and the likelihood Vice President ial nominee governor mike pence, all of that starting at 7 00 eastern. In a few minutes, one of the other events we are covering, a number of events in cleveland, it is the Latino Coalition. They represent hispanic is mrs. And consumers, and we will businesses and consumers. We will hear from Chris Christie. We have live coverage when it gets underway. The Republican National convention as we mentioned will vote on indiana governor mike pence for the nomination. This afternoon, Donald Trump Mike Pence of the science center. We will have live coverage of that as well at 2 00 p. M. Eastern. The background that you are seeing here on cspan and elsewhere, conversatio
Richard levinson confronts three myths about president s and their health. We also hear about how doctors contributed to the deaths of president s, and without the public knowing. The parkway central library, part of the free library of philadelphia, hosted this hourlong event. Im now pleased to introduce tonights speaker, librarian richard levinson. He is a librarian here in the Central Senior Services department of the library, and he was one of the motivators behind the entire series of speakers on president ial history. The series really would not have come about without his effort. Throughout his time at the library, where he has worked since 2009, richard has promoted a variety of intellectually challenging programs for mature adults here at parkway central library. He is an occasional contributor, and spent a director of he is a history buff in general, but is particularly focused on issues of president ial health. He will shed light on desperately ill and dying president s, who