Weve been live on American History tv from the world war i centennial symposium at the macarthur memorial in norfolk, virginia. Well reair the days events this evening at 8 00 eastern here on cspan 3. Up next constitutional law professor michael gere hardt talks about his book the forgotten president s and discusss 13 president s least remembered by americans due in large part to their strict constitutional vision. The National Constitution Center Hosted this event and it runs about an hour and 10 minutes. This book is spectacular. I was so excited to read it this book on the forgotten president s. What michael has done is take a topic which seems like a parlor game, these obscure president s we dont remember well, and revealed that the constitution was at the center both of their failures, devotion to a particular constitutional vision but also that their failures laid the groundwork for the success of more powerful president s. This is a constitution saturated book. It is so on missi
American history tv is featuring cspans original series, first ladies, influence and image on sundays for the rest of the year. Cspan produced a series with cooperation with the White House Historical series and questions , from cspan viewers, we tell the story of first ladies. This is about 90 minutes. She was not happy that her husband had been elected president. She was not looking forward to being first lady. The problem was of course that he died only one month into his presidency and she never made it to washington. In 1836, when john tyler resigned from the United States senate he and his wife letitia and their family moved here to williamsburg. Its right here that Letitia Tyler suffered her stroke in 1839, john tyler learned that he was elected as Vice President to William Henry harrison and its also here in the spring of 1841 where he was informed that he became 10th president of the United States and that Letitia Tyler learned that she became the first lady. She has another t
President. She was not looking forward to being first lady. The problem was of course that he died only one month into his presidency and she never made it to washington. In 1836, when john tyler resigned from the United States senate he and his wife letitia and their family moved here to williamsburg. Its right here that Letitia Tyler suffered her stroke in 1839, john tyler learned that he was elected as Vice President to William Henry harrison and its also here in the spring of 1841 where he was informed that he became 10th president of the United States and that Letitia Tyler learned that she became the first lady. She has another terrible stroke and dies and her husband goes into great mourning. And then he meets Julia Gardiner who is this another young lovely in her 20s. Julie, i think of as the madonna, you know, of first ladies. [laughter] she loved publicity. She had actually posed as a model at a time when that was maybe, say, frowned upon but all accounts was bewitching. Juli
William henry harrison. In the spring of 1841 he was informed to became the 10th president of the United States. Leticia tyler learned that she became the first lady. She has another terrible stroke and her husband goes into great morning. Mourning. And then he meets another young lovely in her 20s. Julia was the madonna of first ladies. She loved publicity. She had posed as a model at a time when that was frowned upon. By all accounts was bewitching. Petunia was flourished. She had almost 90 slaves. Julia was loving and supportive him tremendously and everything that she did. Untimely deaths, a secret marriage, and outside personalities are part of the stories of the three women featured in our program tonight. As the political system grapples with the first time a Vice President steps into the office of the presidency, and sectional differences continue to grow in the country. Good evening, and welcome to first tonight, the election of 1840, ringing William Henry harrison and to offi
I said mark, you cant possibly think we are going to pull this off, that call was crazy, and he shook his head and no, he knows its over, he knows hes lost but we are going to keep trying. There are some good options out there still, we are going to keep trying. This call and other related activity is now the focus of an ongoing criminal investigation in fulton county, georgia. Georgia is not the only state where President Trump tried to pressure state officials to change the results. He also attempted to pressure state officials in arizona, pennsylvania, and michigan to change the results in those states as well. While President Trump was pressuring state officials, he was also trying to use the department of justice to change the election results. His top officials told him that there was no evidence to support his claims of fraud. But he didnt care. As he told them, just say the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the republican congress. When these officials would not