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Welcome news good evening, everyone. Welcome to the New York Historical society. Im the manager of Public Programs here and is always its a thrill to welcome you to our robert h net auditorium. Tonights program is part of our bernard and Irene Schwartz distinguished Speaker Series and is always the would like to thank mr. Swartz for his support, which has enabled us to invite so many scholars here to New York Historical. I would like to recognize and thank our trustees, as well as all of out chairmans councilmembers who were with us for their great work and support. Tonights program will last one hour and include a q a session, a question and answer. As you came in, some of our volunteers in the audience were handing out cards and. If you didnt get one, Staff Members will be circulating through the auditorium in giving goes out and we will collect those later on and hand them off to the moderator so they can answer some of your questions later on. And also, there will also be able to s
Lexington. I do not know whether ending with mark means we are ending with a southerner or a northerner. He went to berkeley for his phd. Or one of those famous border states. I lectured in kentucky in many times and i learned that kentucky seceded after appomattox and became a confederate state. Before that, it was the United States. In a sense, that is the complexity of the history we have been dealing with. When the 13th amendment was being considered, the delegates from the house and kentucky tried to get an exemption to the 13th amendment. They did not do so. Mark is working on two books, one on Andrew Johnsons impeachment and another on gilded age politics. Imd am delighted that he has come to join us and tell us about Andrew Johnson. Thank you. Most kind of you. Thank you for giving me a chance for giving me the half hour i have. We were asked and advised that we should treat this talk the way we would teaching a class as opposed to reading a paper. In my case, that is dangerous