in this, he is not unlike her brilliant portrayal of henry adams. she treats them with great i empathy and as a man of deep faith in both democratic and christian values. servant leadership. he believed in servant leadership with all that sometimes comes to me in which my experience is usually a very partial humility. which it was, with woodrow wilson. also pictures the opposition, possibly excluding -- who was unforgiving of the man who deprived him of his third term. but lodge gets full and fair treatment. and then in paris, after the war, also, are treated will. it is hard not to admire a guy wwho, after, wilson released 1 points, said, in god only -- [laughter] the real problem of course is not the number of points are and do the impossible idealism but the attempt to sell the inevitable compromises, vengeance and power of politics. at the peace conference. it's a legitimate offspring of idealism. in the opponents is a rational self interested in ultimately agents of darkness. to do that will take a larger step backwards of any american presiden

up by widely praised biography of teddy roosevelt and about the friendship of clarence king and henry adams with henry james, mark twain, william howells and most of the 19th century presidents. they came in for comic relief. it was a finalist for the pulitzer prize and she won the astounding presidential medal for outstanding teaching in her work with the juvenile delinquents at columbia university in new york. ladies and gentlemen, patricia o'toole. [applause] >> thank you. very grateful. thank you. hello, kansas city. thank you. i am never happier than when i am talking at a library. i discovered the library in my little town in michigan for myself when i was about six and i could reid priddy well by then and i was walking on the main street and i saw this thing that i thought was a store that sold books and the houses i grew up and did not have a lot of books so this is exciting to me. i went in and the librarian and i looked around and i never seen so many books i looked around and wondered how you could buy them and look at them and figure out which one you wanted to buy. this woman w

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andrew jackson, john quincy adams, william crawford and henry clay. jackson and clay, it's fair to say they hated each other. through the remainder of each other's lives -- in the election jackson won the most number of popular votes about 48 percent but he did not win the majority of votes. the remainder of them were divided between johnson quincy adams, number two and henry clay number three. crawford was number four. there was not a majority opinion from the electoral college. the decision went to the house of representatives. in the process henry clay and john quincy adams did some horsetrading. it's called the corrupt bargaining where clay supposedly approached adams and said, i will give you my vote if you promise to make me secretary of state if you get elected president. the tray took place. the house of representatives elected john quincy adams as president and jackson lost out. jackson was furious. he felt that the will of the people, the majority of people, the most number of people had voted for him as opposed to the other candidates and a

the decision went to the house of representatives and in the process henry clay and john quincy adams did some horse trading. it's called the corrupt bargain, where clay supposedly approached adams and said, look, i will give you my votes if you promise to make me secretary of state and you get elected president. the trade took place, the house of representatives elected john quincy adams president and jackson lost out. jackson was furious and he felt that the will of the people, the majority of people or the most number of people had voted for him as opposed to the other candidates and that as a result of this horse trading the people's will had been circumvented by as he saw it the aristocrat tick interests of washington. so between jackson's loss in the 1824 campaign and the next presidential campaign in 1828, jackson and his supporters determined that he was not going to lose a second time. he spent the four years building friendships, building support from the state legislatures and from the average citizens across the country. so by 1828 jackson was prepared to go to combat with

charles sumner, henry adams. these are people who wanted office from grant. sumner wanted to be secretary of state. he didn't get the job. adams wanted influence and appointment. he didn't get either one. from the very beginning, these men and many others sort of a northeastern elite in the country in the republican party criticized grant, said he isn't really up to the presidency. he's a mere military man. he doesn't know anything about governing. their criticism was really unrelenting throughout his term. so when historians began to write about this period in the early 20th century looking back at grant's time, they tended to pay much more attention to grant's critics than to his defenders. even to his own words, alas. so the idea of his quote, failure as a president became very much rooted in the popular imagination. there's another element in this not just historians' laciness of the time, looking at one side of the question. there is also the problem of what we might call the jim crow settlement in the early 20th century, the myth of the lost cause frank

charles sumner and henry adams had a lot to do with the way that grant was portrayed, because this group of intellectuals pro-trade him -- portrayed him as stupid and uncomprehending, someone led around by his wealthy aides and was completely unfit for the office of the presidency. all the historians who wrote, including the important historian william dunning of columbia university, alum -- alan evans who wrote about him in his presidential administration, were horrified by reconstruction and, it must be said, the larger gilded age. those are two periods which are very unpopular in our american historical memory and tainted by failure. most of these historians were driven by the idea that grant was a puppet of the radical republicans. his goal throughout his two administrations, 1868 through 1876, was to punish the south and impose military rule, setting back reconciliation and reunion by several decades at least. recently, this interpretation is changing, especially today in regard to his record as a champion of civil rights. that has deep roots in the late 20th century. it is coming s

andrew jackson, john quincy adams, william crawford, and henry clay. i would say it is fair to say that they hated each other. through the remainder of each other's lives. in the election jackson won the most number of popular vote. about 48% but he did not when the majority of votes. the remainder of them were divided between john quincy adams who was number two and henry clay was number three and crawford as number four. there was not a majority opinion from the electoral college. the decision went to the house of representatives they did some horse trading. it was called the corrupt bargain. clay supposedly approached and said i will give you my vote if you promise to make me secretary of state and you get elected president. he felt that the will of the people the people's will have been circumvented by the aristocratic interests of washington. between jackson's loss in the 1824 campaign and the next campaign in 1828 jackson and his supporters determined that he was not going to lose a second time. he spent four years building friendships and suppor

because lincoln is such a compelling human character and washington is almost too good to be true as henry adams said. we have this show of freedom rising with a great actor. it's this elevating, thrilling, educational experience for all of us. we just finished four weeks on figures of reconstruction. it's a great way to connect. telling stories is crucial. >> you can do governor mars who wrote the we the people. there's a very sexy story. >> he lost his leg. i think it was john adams who said i think i lost another image. >> he was searching for the original more perfect union. >> we've got the beginning of the musical right here. he was quite a character. >> let's talk about the many modern depictions of lbj and movies since we're on the movie them right now. how does this librarian foundation respond, if at all, especially if they stray from the research. >> three dramatic depictions in recent years. a film by rob reiner called " "lbj "lbj." they did a marvelous job. ava did this story of selma which included lbj. the first two were pretty good. they help us. we had woody and bryan come to th

tonight -- amy adams, from "barry," actor henry winkler, comedian and author simon rich, featuring theg band with taylor gordon. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, seth meyers. [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: good evening, i'm seth meyers. this is "late night." how's everybody doing tonight? [ cheers and applause ] that is fantastic. here in that case, let's get to the news. president trump traveled to tampa, florida today and visited a visited a technical high school. said trump, "i also went to high school. technically." [ laughter ] president trump tweeted today, quote, "collusion is not a crime but that doesn't matter because there was no collusion except by crooked hillary and the democrats." [ laughter ] okay. follow this logic with me. collusion's not a crime, also i didn't do it, but also hillary did it, and she should be in jail. [ laughter ] so good news, rudy giuliani, you're no longer the worst lawyer in the world. [ laughter ] former trump campaign chairman paul manafort's fraud trial began today and prosecutors used their opening statement to call manafort a

and washington is almost too good to be true, as henry adams said.oadly, what we're doing at the constitution center is using live theater and digital experiences to try to tap the hamilton magic by telling stories. we have this great show, "freedom rising," with a live actor telling the story of america, which tells the story of the presidents. but nowadays, we have found often the stories of lesser-known founding figures are really compelling and help people connect. so we just -- we have this great "we the people" podcast i want you all to listen to. every week i call up the top liberal and conservative scholars in america to debate the constitutional issue of the week. and it's this elevating, thrilling educational experience for all of us. ask we just finished four weeks of figures of reconstruction, frederick douglass, john bingham, who wrote the 14th amendment and callie house, the african-american seamstress who advocated for labor rights and telling those stories on the podcast and this exhibit and creating the civil war was a great way to c

and washington is almost too good to be true as henry adams said. what we're doing at the constitution center is using live theater and digital experiences to try to tap the hamilton magic by telling story. we have this great show freedom rising with a live actor telling the story of america which tells the story of the president. but nowadays we found often the stories of lesser known founding figures are really compelling and have people connect. we have this we the people pod cast. i call the top liberal and conservative scholars to discus the constitution. it's this elevating, thrilling, educational activity for all of us. we justifying youred on figures of reconstruction. bingum and callie house who abdicated for labor rights and just telling their story is a great way to connect. telling the stories is crucial and if we can do that james madison musical i think we'll be in great shape. >> you can definitely do the story of governor hall who wrote the institution and has a very sexy story. >> he had a wood leg and the story is he jumped out of

a four-way race between jackson, adams, william crawford and henry clay. jackson wins the popular vote, 42%. jackson also wins the most electoral votes, but jackson does not win a majority of electoral votes. and so the contest goes to the house of representatives. henry clay is speaker of the house. henry clay cannot stand andrew jackson, his rival in the west. henry clay strikes a deal with john quincy adams. he says, tell you what. i'll get the votes you need in house of representatives if you make me secretary of state. the deal is made. adams wins in the house of representatives, become president, clay is elevated to secretary of state. andrew jackson furious with his corrupt bargain, this rigged election. jackson vows, i will get my revenge in four years. sure enough, he does. 1828, two-man contest. jackson versus adams. jackson wins in a landslide. and look at that electoral map. quite an impressive victory. landslide victory. and how does he do it? how does he do it? the answer is very simple. democracy. democracy. jackson benefits from universal m

charles sumner, henry adams. these are people who wanted office from grant. sumner wanted to be secretary of state. he didn't get the job. adams wanted influence and appointment. he didn't get either one. from the very beginning, these men and many others sort of a northeastern elite in the country in the republican party criticized grant, said he isn't really up to the presidency. he's a mere military man. he doesn't know anything about governing. their criticism was really unrelenting throughout his term. so when historians began to write about this period in the early 20th century looking back at grant's time, they tended to pay much more attention to grant's critics than to his defenders. even to his own words, alas. so the idea of his quote, failure as a president became very much rooted in the popular imagination. there's another element in this not just historians' laciness of the time, looking at one side of the question. there is also the problem of what we might call the jim crow settlement in the early 20th century, the myth of the lost cause frank

adams he also is a wig. and we have most famously, henry clay hailing from the state of kentucky. and clay, well, clay ends up running for president five times. can't get in. can't seem to do it. but, nonetheless, henry clay is one of the most important political figures in american history. what does clay do? clay has a program. a system. an american system. that american system is threefold. henry clay says, first, we need to have protective tariffs on american manufacturing. sure enough henry clay when he becomes secretary of state under john quincy adams, adam signs into law a new tariff. the tariff of 1828 raising the tariff from 25% to 45%. that's one heck of a tariff, 45%. why do they do that? to protect american manufacturers and textile goods. clay also says, we need federally funded internal improvement. using federal dollars to finance the building of roads, canals, bridges, and so forth. and then finally, clay says, we need to recharter that bank of the united states. unlike jefferson or excuse me, unlike hamilton however, clay frames his defense of the bank of the uni

henry clay strikes a deal with john quincy adams and says, i'll tell you what, i'll get the votes you need in the house of representatives, if you make me secretary of state. the deal is made, adams wins in the house of representatives, becomes president, clay is elevated to secretary of state, andrew jackson furious with this corrupt bargain, this rigged election. jackson vows, i will get my revenge in four years. sure enough he does. 1828 two-man contest, jackson versus adams, jackson wins in a landslide. look at that electoral map, quite an impressive victory. landslide victory. and how does he do it? how does it do it? well, the answer is very simple. democracy. democracy. jackson benefits from universal male suffrage. we call this period jacksonian democracy. property qualifications for all free men in the united states are eliminated. no property required to vote. double the number of voters in 1828 than you saw in 1824. jackson uses this to his advantage and wages a political campaign that utilizes a form of politics we call populism. populism. and populism is a political term

tonight -- amy adams, from "barry," actor henry winkler, comedian and author simon rich, featuring theisited a technical high school. said trump, "i also went to high school.

henry clay was speaker of the house. he agreed more with john quincy adams on policies than he did with andrew jackson, so he made, according to jackson, a corrupt bargain. he got the house of representatives to vote for adams, instead of jackson and in exchange, adams would give him the position of secretary of state. back then secretary of state was the primary road to the white house. so jackson loses in the house. he was expected to win. obviously, is furious, as you can imagine, over what happened in this election. jackson calls his bluff and decides, in response, to basically launch his 1828 campaign a bit early and make the target of his campaign, government corruption. a corrupt bureaucracy. rigged against bureaucracy and rigged against the common man. >> we will discuss parallels, but let's get to your phone calls. john is joining us. go ahead, john. >> hi, yes, good evening. how are you? >> doing well, how are you? >> okay, i have a question for you about andrew jackson. why did he go against his own people? what was the main reason why they had mo

henry. today's global is entitled journalists are not the enemy. it reads in part the liberty of the prets is essential to the security of freedom, wrote john adams.iety because it does not it implicitly trust leaders from the local planning board to the white house and it's not a coincidence that this president, whose financial affairs are murky and whose suspicious pattern of behavior triggered his own justice department to appoint an independent counsel to investigate him has try so hard to intimidate journalists. the greatness of america is dependent on the role of the free press to speak to truth of the powerful. to label the press the enemy of the people is as un-american as it is dangerous to the civic compact we've shared for more than two centuries. linda, good morning. why did you feel "the globe" needed to step forward? >> well, there's been an increase in the rhetoric against the media. and the globe editorial board decided that it was time to speak out about it. and we decided we're going to do it on thursday. we sent a call out to other newspapers and media outlets around the country. and we were really amazed with the response. at f