b. hayes. ethical charges against them that heard him seriously as it turned out.n 1880, he sought the nomination again. this time he had a knockdown fight with ulysses s grant. they came to a deadlock and garfield was nominated as a dark so blaine became garfield secretary of state. the job longp because garfield was assassinated. he was mr. republican really and in many people's eyes. the harrison people in 1888 realize that you have to cultivate these people. they will have so much to say about who wins this nomination. what they wanted to do was to a wide-open convention, which it was. i think 14 people were voted for on the first ballot. the idea for the harrison people was let's line-up second choice people and see what we could do to get them after several ballots to come over to us. the key to that strategy was the blaine contingent. harrison did not travel around the country after he was nominated. done that in 1884. he made speeches on a six-week tour. in new york, there was a couple that some gafs people say cost him the election. harrison said i will no

after that, he went out and campaigned in other states for presidential candidate rutherford b hayes.s is what began to get him a national reputation. oliver morton died the next year, that sort of gave harrison the opportunity to move as the leader of the republican party. when there was a seat open in the senate in 1881, after the 1880 election campaign, the republicans won it. harrison through in his hat, garfield as presidential elect said it you want to come in the cabinet? and he said he would rather be in the senate. he won the senate seat relatively easily. he held the senate seat for six years. then, in 1885, the democratic legislator in indiana gerrymandered districts so that in 1886, when it got to choose the senator again, the democrats won that very narrowly. what is interesting is -- had a vigorous effort on behalf of the party spoke all , over the state and said he by a machine to multiply his letters to get them out to as many people as he could. he really got a lot of national attention for that campaign. when the votes were counted, all the people running for the leg

b. hayes kept a diary. sometimes he would visit the grant white house. you can see in the diaries, amazing, this man is such a wonderful, he did not use the term, but raconteur. he entertained so well in his recounting of his momentous events of his life. harrison would be more cerebral. grant was not an intellectual. harrison was much more intellectually inclined. brian: our guest has been professor charles calhoun, for years a professor at east carolina university. we talked about two presidents, benjamin harrison, and a book there he has written, you can see it on the screen, and also his brand-new book this year on u.s. grant. thank you very much for joining us. charles: thank you. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> for free transcripts or to give comments, visit us at q-a-nnd-a.org, also available as c-span podcastss. >> on the next q&a, zachary wood with the atlantic talks about his new bo

is the right thing early on to break the first but then the curtain descends 1877 with rutherford b hayes that we never talk about the election of 1876 it is important in american history because as a part of the price of that victory the republican rather bared --dash brother ford b hayes ended reconstruction to secure the presidency of course that was decided in florida. i don't know what it is down there maybe it's the humidity. take so people say it's never been worse keep an eye out. it could never be any worse. not a lot of african-americans say that. sometimes when women say that to me they have not voted in this country it's been 98 marriage equality has only been possible for three years. things do change. they change slowly but perspective and proportion and to some extent and to some degree and i think the soul of the country is an amalgam and in hebrew and in greek i dislike it when people say if there is a party that i disagree with to capture the soul of the country. that's not quite right it has proven itself capable of accommodating the kkk and martin luther king. and ever

b. hayes and salomon welcomed the greatest of the great program worlds. you know. i'm told now lifetime achievement awards are scary. burt reynolds was a nine hundred eighty super star one of the few who embodied the lifestyle of this decade. sports news now with ed mccambridge from day to be a sports desk in germany have started their rebuilding process after the world cup debacle with a goalless draw against france in the new nations league tournament what a match ed let's break it down because you know this is supposed to be a new era for the germany team at least it's been branded in that way so how did it go well exactly as you said this was a very difficult some of the germany so this was an opportunity to lay some of those demons to rest is a new format. and the team walked out basically to the heart shaped display of flights from the fans it was very sweet gesture for a team which really hasn't seen much love throughout the summer but they were on the back foot for much of the game it wasn't pretty timed neither side really destroyed. but this was an opport

is the right thing early on to break the first but then the curtain descends 1877 with rutherford b hayesthat we never talk about the election of 1876 it is important in american history because as a part of the price of that victory the republican rather bared --dash brother ford b hayes ended reconstruction to secure the presidency of course that was decided in florida. i don't know what it is down there maybe it's the humidity. take so people say it's never been worse keep an eye out. it could never be any worse. not a lot of african-americans say that. sometimes when women say that to me they have not voted in this country it's been 98 marriage equality has only been possible for three years. things do change. they change slowly but perspective and proportion and to some extent and to some degree and i think the soul of the country is an amalgam and in hebrew and in greek i dislike it when people say if there is a party that i disagree with to capture the soul of the country. that's not quite right it has proven itself capable of accommodating the kkk and martin luther king. and every

president grant does the right thing early on to break the first plan but then in 1877 rutherford b hayes ran for president and we never talk about the election of 1876 is one of the most important in american history because as part of the price of that victory, the republican rutherford b hayes agreed to withdraw all federal troops florida alabama and louisiana to end reconstruction to secure the presidency with the incrediblyur close race. i don't know what it is down there about florida. [laughter] maybe it's the humidity. but that inaugurated 90 years of functional apartheid. it would take lyndon johnson in the 1960s to undo the work of that. so when people say it's never been worse there might be one in the next few minutes with each week to keep an eye out, it is not as awful that it could ever be any worse. not a lot of african-americans say that. sometimes when women say that to me i say women haven't voted in this country for 100 years yet. it has been 98. marriage equality has only been up for three years. things do change. but perspective and proportion judge the present to so

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