edward pritchard was a state hero who had a tumultuous political career. >> in the mid 1940s, if you had asked who was a bright shining star in american politics, on a national scale, someone who is going to be governor, perhaps president, a lot of people, car rin graham, ar they are slessinger would have said edward pritchard. he seemed destine for great things and then came back to kentucky and in the mid 1940s, was indicted for stuffing a ballot box, went to prison. so that incredible promise just flamed out. >> we also visit ashland, the former home of speaker of the house, senator and secretary of state henry clay. >> the mansion at ashland is a unique situation clay's original home had to be torn down and rebuild. it fell into disrepair and his son found that it could be be saved. what we have is a home that is essentially a five-part federal style home as henry clay had -- in detail and architectural elements etcetera, and aesthetic details by grand granddaughter granddaughter, great-granddaughter and so on. >> watch it on american history tv on c-span3. >> coming up at 10:00

junior. >> that title is "short of the glory: the fall and redemption of edward pritchard."in the mid 1940s if you had asked who is a bright shining star in american politics on a national scale, someone who is going to be governor, senator, perhaps president to a lot of people, what it said ed pritchard of kentucky. he was one of those people who work in the white house when his in his early '20s. he seemed destined for great things and then came back to kentucky in the mid 1940s was indicted for stuffing of ballot box. went to prison and so that incredible promise just flamed out. so i spent the rest of his life trying to rebuild out of the shadows out of the tragedy of the scandal. prichard seem to create one of two very distinct reactions in people. either they were just taken by his intelligence, his photographic memory, his wit and his ability to mimic people. on the other and a lot of people saw him as arrogant and too big for his britches. he could say things in parties that were filled with the washington the next editor a lot of feeling. and also filter out here in

edward pritchard was a state he reported tumultuous political career. >> in the mid 1940s if you hadsked who is a bright shining star in american politics, on a national specimen to the governor center france presse a lot of people would've said ed pritchard. it worked in the white house when he was in his early '20s. he seemed destined for great things and thinking back to kentucky in the mid 1940s, was indicted for stuffing a ballot box, went to prison. and so that incredible promise just flamed out. >> we also visit ashland the former home of speaker of the house, senators suggested henry clay. >> the mansion at ashland is a unique situation. his original home had to be torn down and rebuilt. it fell into disrepair and his son found that it could not be safe. so he rebuilt on the original foundation. so what we have is a home that is essentially a five part federal style home as henry clay had with italian detail architectural elements et cetera and an added layer of aesthetic detail added by henry clay's granddaughter and great-granddaughter and so one. >> see all of our programs

edward pritchard was a state hero who had a tumultuous political career. >> in the mid-1940s if you had asked who is a bright shining star in american politics on a national scale someone who's going to be governor, senator perhaps president, a lot of people katherine graham arthur she is sin jer, would have said ed pritchard of kentucky. he was one of those people who worked in the white house in his early 20s seemed destined for great things, then came back to kentucky in the mid-1940s was indicted for stuffing a ballot box. went to prison. and so that incredible promise just flamed out. >> we also visit ashland the former home of speaker of the house, senator, and secretary of state henry clay. >> the mansion at ashland is a unique situation. clay's original home had to be torn down and rebuilt. it fell into disrepair. his son found that it could not be saved. he rebuilt on the original foundation. so what we have is a home that is essentially a five-part federal style home, as henry clay had, with italian days architectural elements et cetera, and an added layer of esthettic details

across the country with time warner cable to learn more about the history of lexington, kentucky, edward pritchard was a state hero who had a tumultuous career. >> in the 80s if you asked who was the bright star in politics, someone who will be governor senator, perhaps president a lot of people catherine graham schlesinger, would have said ed pritchard of kentucky. he worked in the white house in his early 20s and he seemed destined for great things and came back to kentucky in the mid 1940s, was indicted for stuffing a ballot box and went to prison. and so that incredible promise just flamed out. >> we also visit ashland, the former home of speaker of the house, senator and secretary of state henry clay. >> the mansion at ashland is a unique construction. his original home had to be torn down and repair and rebuilt. and his son rebuilt on the original foundation. so what we have is a home that is essentially a five-part federal style home as henry clay had, with italian details and architect and added layer of aesthetic details added by his granddaughter and great granddaughter and so on. >> see