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it s only in recent years that a lot of scholarship has focused on the fact that their the fact of how rocky their marriage was, specifically in its early days. i think in the early years, james found her a bit distant and cold. as the years went by, she had a tremendous influence on him. james and lucretia spent a lot of time with their children. they felt that education was an emancipating factor. mrs. garfield adored her time at the exhibition, but she was specifically interested in the latest sciences and technologies of the day. after james garfield s death, a number of prominent citizens raised about $350,000 that was turned over to lucretia garfield. in today s dollars, it would equate to somewhere around $8 million. her character was extremely exceedingly strong. she had a rectitude that was invulnerable. host: lucretia garfield was born in ohio in 1832. her life spans antebellum america to the progressive era of the early 20th century. a supporter ....
that were appointed position s, that were, you know, at the discretion of people in power, ended up being a power struggle within the party between an ohio-based party, which is james garfield s party also rutherford hayes was from the same not only the same part of ohio, but the same kind of thinking and what were called the stalwarts, which were new york-based. and, you know, you see certain states really emerge throughout history with holding on to power within a particular party. and then in new york, that was really headed by a man by the name of roscoe conkling, who became a united states senator. so this is the struggle, and you see then, of course, the person who ends up shooting president garfield, deranged, of course, charles guiteau, but proudly screaming with the gun in his hand, i m a stalwart. now arthur is president. and that was a reference to the fact that vice president arthur elected with garfield was of the new york wing of the party. swain ....
questions from c-span audience, we tell the stories of american 45 first ladies. ellen edith wilson on first ladies. this is about 90 minutes. susan swain: this is the woodrow wilson house in washington, d.c., the home of our 28th president and former first lady edith wilson after they left the white house in 1921. you ll be seeing more of it over the next two hours as we tell the story of the two wilson administration first ladies, ellen and edith. susan swain: ellen and woodrow met in their 20 s and their love for each other was reflected in passionate letters. an accomplished artist as well as his intellectual companion, she helped guide his career from academia to politics. in adopting causes, she set an example for future first ladies. ellen wilson died in the white house just a year and a half into the president s term. the grieving president soon met washington businesswoman edith galt through a mutual friend. they married after a secret courtship and edith wil ....
how wrong they are, frankly. i don t see a lot of similarities in terms of depth between donald trump and andrew jackson. host: really, not a thing? guest: i m not saying there are not some similarities. care,ave both got great of course. a lot of comparisons try to push trump into this box with jackson, and it is not a viable comparison in my opinion. host: that is a picture a painting in the oval office he put up. why do you think he did that? guest: steve bannon convinced him to do that, i think. i don t think trump has any clue as to who jackson was before he became president, or maybe he had some clue. there and someone afterwards said that trump studied jackson and new all about him before he became president, modeled his campaign after jackson. i just had to shake my head. i don t think trump has a good idea of who jackson is. host: when did you first get interested in and jackson and why? guest: i was an undergraduate at cumberland university. i had a professo ....
similarities, in terms of depth between donald trump and andrew jackson. brian: really? not a mark: really. brian: not a thing. mark: i m not saying there aren t some similarities, they both have great hair of course. but i think a lot of the comparison s try to to push trump into the box with jackson, and it s not it s not a viable comparison in my opinion. brian: that s a picture of i mean a painting in the oval office that he put up. why do you think he did that? mark: steve bannon convinced him to do it i think. i don t think trump had any clue as to who jackson was, probably before he became president, or maybe he had some clue. i was at the hermitage recently when trump was there and someone afterwards said that trump studied jackson and knew all about him before he became president, modeled his campaign after jackson and i just had to shake my head. i just don t think trump really has a good idea of who jackson is. brian: when did you first get interest ....