three graduates of the eisenhower school at the national war college present talks on his attitudes towards native americans, african, and the suffrage movement. this event was held at roosevelt hall in washington, d.c.. good afternoon and thank you for joining us. . am professor jamie orr i am very happy to have this panel as one of the opening parts of the symposium here. i have been privileged for the last two years to teach a course entitled the door roosevelt as strategic leader. it has been an extremely enjoyable experience, not simply because of the fabulous students, it also because tr is such a wonderful character to study, an individual who was amazing. scholar, soldier, rancher, and politician. his life and career embodies both the strength and contradictory weaknesses of our nation. that allows our class to examine aspects of leadership. the good as well as the troublesome, which tr displayed throughout his life and career, and find ways to link that to the pres
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the most intelligent presidents we have ever had. i mean, he is up there in the top half dozen. and when we go through his life, by the end of it, or the middle of it, you re going to start laughing because you re just going to say no, that can t be, he can t be that good in that field, it s just not possible. and then we ll find something else. and you re going to say, no, he is just incredibly bright. and the hope for his presidency was enormous. and so we re going to discuss an absolutely brilliant human being. i was chatting with a friend before. and he asked me if i thought garfield was the most intelligent. it s i don t know how you test something like that. it s not as if you give presidents iq tests. it s a lot easier with things that are easy to measure. tall and short. i mean, we all know that madison was our shortest president, lincoln was our tallest president. that s easy. i don t know how you know who the most intelligent. certainly the two adams, jefferson, m
garfield is one of the most intelligent presidents we have ever had. he is up there in the top half dozen and when we go through his life, by the end of the middle of it, and you re going to say no, that can t be. he can t be that good in that field. it s just not possible, and then we ll find something else, and you re going to no. he is just incredibly bright, and the hope for his presidency was enormous, and we re going to discuss an absolutely brilliant human being. i was chatting with a friend before, and he asked me if i thought garfield was the most intelligent. i don t know how you test something like that, and it s not as if you give presidents iq tests. it s a lot easier with things that are easy to measure, tall ask short. we all know that madison was our shortest president, lincoln was our tallest president because that s easy. i don t know how you know who the most intelligent. certainly the two adams , jefferson, madison and lincoln garfield is right up there.
us from history books as the great compromiser. during his 49-year political career, clay served as secretary of state, speaker of the house, and as a u.s. senator. and he was a contender, making sure presidential bids including the election of 1824. 1832 against andrew jackson, and 1844, when he ran against james k. polk. tonight we are on location at ashland. henry clay s home in lexington, kentucky. for the next 90 minutes, we will explore the life and legacy of this man. unsuccessful in his long quest for the white house, yet having an outsized influence on american history. we are in henry clay s parlor. let me introduce you to jim klotter, 25 years now as kentucky state historian. jim thanks for being with us. glad to be here. why henry clay? why is he relevant to americans living in our time? think a couple of counts. first of all, his famous counts, i would rather be right than be president, still speaks to us. it s a clarion call to people across whatever we