Interning with the First Federal congress project a long time ago. He is not sensitive about his age. He is too young to be that it seems like it was a long time ago and we were able to see him take some of these the he some of the stuff he worked within our office, develop that and work it into his phd dissertation, which is the basis for his first book. A well grounded hope, abolishing slavery and racial inequality in early america. He teaches at the university of mississippi, now we are really fortunate to have him come all the way up here to d. C. I want to thank the other people who made this a truly national event, with a scope that goes beyond this area code. We have a visitor from the west coast, from california, a good friend of ours. And another wonderful friend from new york city. For some reason, i am forgetting your name. I am sorry, john. Maurice represents the harvard conservancy. Who is developing the federal hall site of where the First Federal congress met into a goin
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Reliably republican going back almost to george washington. [ laughs ] treasurer, controller, coroner, clerk of courts. I know. I mean, were talking 1799 theyve held power. Yeah. How do you look at this . Did you see it coming, or did you find some things surprising in exit polling . All right, well, lets start with this. First of all, the four collar counties have been trending republican for almost two decades. Very slowly at first. It began in montgomery county. Trending republican or trending democrat . Im sorry, trending democratic. In the municipalities close to philadelphia. And if you look at statewide elections and president ial elections, three of the four, sometimes four of the four have gone with the democratic candidates. So basically what happened, the reaction to trump, to president trump, the controversies accelerated a trend that has been underway in this state for two decades at least. It accelerated it why . Because the democratic turnout went up. The republican turn
Ago and we were able to see him take some of the things and develop it and work it into his phd dissertation, which is the basis for his first book. He teaches at the university of miss and we are fortunate to have him come all the way up here from d. C. I want to thank the other people who made this a truly National Event with a scope that goes beyond this area code. We have a visitor from california and another wonderful. Riend from new york city for some reason, im forgetting your name john. Harvardesents the conservative conservancy. A real destination in Lower Manhattan for a study of the early congresses. Welcome to everybody, whether you came from near or far. [applause] paul thank you for that introduction. I would like to thank the u. S. Capital Historical Society were inviting me here today for top my talk today entitled congres first debate on slavery and race is going to attempt to demonstrate the central ways this First National congressional debate set the tone for these
With slavery and the definition of a citizen set the tone for race in america for the next seven decades. The u. S. Capitol society posted hosted this event. Its about one hour. Today, we are going to start with paul polgar, who is a longtime colleague of mine. He started interning with the First Federal congress project a long time ago. He is not sensitive about his age. He is too young to be that. What it seems like it was a long time ago and we were able to see him take some of the things and develop it and work it into his phd dissertation, which is the basis for his first book. A well grounded hope. He teaches at the university of mississippi. We are fortunate to have him coming all the way up here to th d. C. I want to thank the other people who made this a truly National Event with a scope that goes beyond this area code. We have a visitor from california, a good friend of ours, and another wonderful friend from new york city. For some reason, im forgetting your name. I am sorry