All they do on the half behal f of this Great Institution. [applause] tonights program lasts about an hour and it will include a question and answer session. You should have received notecards as you enter the auditorium. If you did not, staff is still going through the seats, the the aisles with notecards and your notecards will be collected later on in the program. Following the program, there will be a book signing. And books will be available for purchase in our history store. We are delighted to welcome leuchtenburg back. Professor leuchtenburg has taught at numerous universities over the course of six decades. Including columbia and oxford universities. He served as president ial elections analyst for nbc and eyes president ial inauguration consultant to cbs and cspan. The professor was the first recipient at the arthur m injure schlessinger award. He is the author of 16 books, including the american president s from Teddy Roosevelt to bill clinton. Harold holzer is the author of
Want in both the president ial candidate and a president. The man who did get it, a man called Charles Evans hughes, governor of new york and a Supreme Court justice, all but won the election in 1916. In fact, when president Woodrow Wilson went to bed the night, Election Night, he thought he was beaten. If hed have been elected, how American History goes in several different directions, on suffrage for women, civil rights, what does he do on Foreign Policy, germany sort of baited us into war. Would hughes have avoided that. He is the one you could write novels about. He had Charles Evans hughes who was on the Supreme Court, and then left the Supreme Court when he ran for president and then went back on the Supreme Court. One of the finest minds on the court. A fellow justice called Charles Evans hughes the greatest in our great line of chief justices. Why hughes . Robert jackson provided part of the answer when he was attorney general. Jackson said that hughes looks like god and talks
Called Charles Evans hughes was a governor of new york and a Supreme Court justice, all but won the election in 1916. In fact, when president Woodrow Wilson went to bed the night the Election Night, he thought he was beaten. If he had been elected, how American History goes in several Different Directions on suffrage for women, civil right, what does he do on Foreign Policy, does he really germany sort of baited us into war. Hughes would have avoided that. He is the one you could have wrote novels about. You have Charles Evans hughes who was on the Supreme Court, and then left the Supreme Court when he ran for president. And then went back on the Supreme Court. One of the finest minds on the court. A fellow justice called Charles Evans hughes the greatest in our great line of chief justices. Why hughes . Robert jackson provided part of the answer when he was attorney general. Jackson said that hughes, quote, looks like god and talks like god, end quote. Footage of Charles Evans hughes
The era of reagan. Those are the tide turning president s, washington and jefferson and lincoln and fdr and reagan, and if this is the choice thats before us, my fellow citizens in 2016 if Barack Obamas former secretary of state, his wing woman, Hillary Clinton, were to win we would say about obama or historians might say the tide has now once again turned, president won, won reelection handed off power. And if the democrats we only know this in the next two or three elections. If they become basically the dominant president ial party at least, then you would now, okay. So thats the structure, the rhythm of the presidency. And if youre a democrat im going to bum you out on how powerful actually we still lincolns gravitational pull is because, remember, the democrats are overwhelmingly the dominant Political Party until lincoln. And the civil war loomed so large in our memory that since lincoln there are only two democrats who have won two popular votes for the presidency. Franklin roos
Hosted this hourlong event. We are thrilled to welcome akhil reed amar, sterling professor of law and Political Science at Yale University back to New York Historical society. Before joining Yale Law School professor amar clerked on the First Circuit for judge steven then judge stephen breyer, he is also a recipient of the devane medical, yales highest award for teaching excellence and is the author of several books including the law of the land, a grand tour of our constitutional republic. And i think akhil was voted the most popular professor at yale at least he is my most popular professor and you are all here, i think, if you all are here because you know him, he is your most popular professor. So before we begin and invite our popular professor up on the stage, please turn off any cell phones, Electronic Devices and join me in welcoming akhil reed amar. Thank you. [ applause ] well, good evening. Welcome. Thank you so much for for coming. This is the New York Historical society, w