And the nice thing is that it turns out to be that he is a much more interesting and complicated person. And i thought i knew him pretty well and i learned a lot of things. There was a lot that he didnt even know about himself. Tomorrow morning if youre watching this live at 9 00. He said so much and he meant them to be public. He may have been doing it privately but he knew they would come out. I think there is no other president able to communicate like he was, he was able to just lift the world. Sometimes very complex, but still very extraordinary. The at the front of the look is a picture of peter drummy. I took this picture so im very proud of this. He is looking closely at the John Quincy Adams diary. If you have not seen it or red it it is just magnificent. We know he has been a White House Reporter for 11 years and he is distressed with the attacks on the press that is happening right now. I fear the anger and disstress will entour long after the trump administration. How do we
My name is kevin butter fooerfi. Im t it is my pleasure to welcome you here tonight on behalf of the mt. Vernon Ladies Association and the Ford Motor Company which each month sponsors a free monthly book talk just like this one, an opportunity for people to the community to come and learn from some of the greatest historians in the field. Thank you so much for being here tonight. Were thrilled to have you. To begin the program, just shortly, well hear a brief presentation from susan swain, copresident , chief executive officer of cspan, and coauthor of the president s which will be discussed tonight. Shell be joined by brian lann, founder and executive chairman of cspan, in moderating an esteemed group of historians in discussing the american presidency. And the american presidency is, as you know, a fascinating subject of inquiry in every possible way. In the constitution theres not as much said about it as you might imagine. Article 1 is quite long. Article 2 much shorter. And the ke
Reliable internet. That is why we are leading the way in taking you to 10 g. Supporting cspan2 as a public service. It is truly an honor to introduce our speaker today, he was born in the bluegrass state that moved to the greenest state in the land of the free as soon as he could. And it was here at the university of tennessee where he completed his phd in history. We know that dr. William hardy is a man of good sense because he stayed. It is rumored he whered wears the color orange throughout the year, save basketball season, after all no man is perfect. What dr. Hardy perfects is his understanding of the past. He and i first met when he was working here for the east Tennessee Historical society in the education department. And he, alongside lisa oakley, who is with us today, worked tirelessly to build a network of teachers throughout the region who understood the power of local history in the classroom. They also worked tirelessly to create a network of students both in high school a
All three of these are on the agenda for the first time. I understand that the minority would like to hold them over. Of course, any member may hold over a nomination under our rules on the agenda. The first time theyre on the agenda. All three nominations will be held over for one week. As you all know, last week the Committee Held a fourday hearing to consider judge gorsuchs nomination. He testified for two days and over 20 hours. Before the hearing started we all knew how qualified the judge is. His resume speaks for itself. The last week we got to see up close how thoughtful, how are articulate and how humble he is. He is clearly deeply committed to being fair and impartial and is isnt willing to compromise to win vote nets senate. Ry have more to say on this issue next week when we debate his nomination in committime thank my colleagues working with me to make the hearings run smoothly. Almost everybody stayed within their time period and everybody was courteous and i think you, s
Michael holt will. At the professor university. He was educated at princeton and phd at Johns Hopkins university. For time off at Cambridge University yale, stanford, and other institutions, cold has other institutions, cold has, been at the University Since 1970 or. Hes written deeply about political history. For many years, his writing focus was on the years before the civil war. The political crisis of the 19 1950s,ese of the which he wrote about, has been used for political courses. , was the runner up for the lincoln prize and is notten described as just because of the 1296 pages. More recently, he has written about the construction the reconstruction following the war. Is by one vote the disputed president ial election of 1876 tells the story of americas closest president ial election, which perhaps coincidentally, had the highest percentage of eligible voters participating during any election, 81. 5 . Please welcome michael holt. [applause] michael thank you. It was tthe 1850s t