this becomes the american economic system it influences henry clay and abraham lincoln is the governing philosophy of america's rise in industrialization. herbert hoover when i got to the commerce department i wondered why would you name the commerce building after the president responsible for the depression not to betray my partisan leanings? but i developed a lot of respect for herbert hoover. herbert hoover may not have been the greatest president but he was a great commerce secretary. they called him the secretary of commerce and the undersecretary of everything else and he was working for calvin coolidge and you know what herbert hoover did? he believed in the american economic system and he and calvin coolidge, the great limited government poured in billions of dollars to separate the aviation industry in wichita kansas and funded the existence of the infrastructure, and calvin coolidge talks about the importance of investment and roads and eisenhower was the highway and ronald reagan invested in the talks we set up the semiconductor industry, and the manufacturing extension part

. >> henry clay in the 19th century.y one i can -- >> wow. >> like an honor -- honor trivia. >> we have to leave it there. thank you all. are you guys on today? >> 3:00. >> you are on today. >> yes. >> most of us are working labor day. just a few shows are not. hmm. trivia time we asked, there are many cities in the united states that go by the nickname, they claim to be the queen city. what is the only queen city in the united states that actually was named for a queen? the answer -- over here. it is this one. charlotte, north carolina. the city is named for the british queen charlotte. the wife of jing george iii, king when america gained its independence. another trivia question in the next hour. if you have one to use on the show, e-mail us at dailyrundown@msnbc.com. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] if you stash tissues like a squirrel stashes nuts, you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec® liquid gels. nothing starts working faster than zyrtec® at relieving your allergy symptoms for 24 hours. zyrtec®

now, this becomes the american economic system and influences henry clay, influences abraham lincoln, and is the governing philosophy of america's rise in industrialization. in her work hoover, when i got to the commerce department i wondered why would you name the commerce building after the president responsible for the depression, not to betray my partisan leanings, but i developed a lot of respect for her but hoover. herbert hoover we have not been the best president, but he was a great commerce secretary. they called him the secretary of commerce and undersecretary of everything else. he was working for calvin coolidge, you know what he did? he believed in the urban american system coming and he had calvin coolidge, the great apostle of the limited government poured in billions of dollars to separate the aviation industry. so the help which is now still in wichita kansas, funding the existence of the infrastructure. and calvin coolidge, which i quote in the book talks about the importance of the investment in roads, and you have eisenhower of course with the highways and even ron

i mentioned henry clay already. daniel webster. stephen douglas who was called by journalists of the time a steam engine in britches. because of his ferocious dynamism. had these men, clay, webster, conservative wigs aligned with stephen a. douglas, a northern democrat, essentially, on behalf of compromise, on one side, against an extraordinary group of men who really defined the old term about -- president zachary taylor, old rough and ready, again, a president who is largely forgotten by most americans. played a fascinating role in that's events. much more interesting role morally, very courageous individual. a lifelong slave owner. had a plantation in louisiana but is absolutely dead set against, against, the expansion of slavery westward. very, very staunch in opposing clay's compromise because he figured it might permit the slavery to go westward. on the other hand, politically unfortunately clueless, john c. calhoun, who i mentioned. brilliantly termed by a great american historian as the marks of the master class. because he

after that, henry clay, stephen douglas and the compromise that preserved the nation. paul hendrickson will talk about hemingway's boat. back to the history and biography tend, hanohanoi's war. jean edwards smith and david eisenhower and julie nixon eisenhower talking about dwight david eisenhower. after that booktv will join the eisenhowers on the history and biography tent and you will have a chance to talk to them as well. that is the lineup today in the history and biography tent. if that didn't catch your fancy we have another option. booktv.org will be one casting all day long. at the national book festival. very quickly this is the lineup for booktv.org. tom friedman and michael mandelbaum and linda greenehouse on the supreme court. and lisa, best friend and occasional enemies is there book. jeffrey toobin's book on the supreme court and the obama white house. douglas brinkley talking about walter cronkite and finally brothers and me, a memoir of loving and giving. you have two options. you can stick with us on booktv on c-span2 or you can join us online at book

of the electoral vote and in 1832, i would submit that there were two parties there and it was henry clay and andrew jackson and jackson won the overwhelming popular vote. back in 1824, there was certainly several different parties running and then, of course, john quincy adams won that race and that was -- you had at least three, maybe four, parties then. host: but even -- >> guest guest the electoral votes. host: but even if you take it to more recent campaigns, 1968, the caller referring to george wallace did get 46 electoral votes but didn't get close to winning the presidency, ross perot, '92 and '96, getting nearly 20 percent of the vote in '92 but not one electoral vote. guest: he got 19, and i think -- i believe his -- he won no electoral votes, but i think perot could have won in '92 if there hadn't have been the dropout which delayed his campaign and some people drifted away from him there. i think he had a real shot in 1992. but steve, realistically, the chances for me to win are or any of the third parties are slim unless americans are -- before november 6 of this year wake up

so most of the action took place in the senate, where you could see henry clay, john c.houn committee and the webster, and thomas hart, stephena douglas, seeing houston. these are the names everybody knew. not only did everybody know them, but they were in washington all the time. franklin pearce, john buchanan, paul, they came and went, the senators were forever and they were the stars. people love to be able to get feed in the gallery there and watch the debate. there is another thing that was wrong though besides having not too much space was that the senate was very hot in the summer, very cold in the winter. there were two stoves that sat behind the vice president's chair. the vice president was actually served as the president of the senate. and the senator walked behind the president of the senate and they sold guys with their hands on their behind, walking around and standing in front of the stoves warming their hands. and when they went to the not, they were sitting in their chairs wrapped in buffalo robes and blankets. seeing houston were mexican poncho nitpick

and so most of the action took place in the senate where you could see henry clay, john c. calhoun, daniel webster, thomas hart then, stephena douglas, jefferson davis, sam houston. these are the names of everyone knew. not only did everyone know them, but they were in washington all the time. franklin pearce, john tyler, they came and went, but the senators were forever. and so they were the stars. people love to be able to get seats in the gallery there and watched the debate. there was another thing that was wrong though besides having not too much space was that the senate was very hot in the summer, very cold in the winter. there were two stoats that sat behind the vice president's chair. the vice president actually served the president of the senate. and the senators want behind in these old guys with their hands on their beehives walking around and standing in front of the stoats, warming their hands. when they weren't doing that, they were sitting in their chairs wrapped in buffalo grove and blankets. sam houston wore a mexican poncho and a big sombrero and laid bac

as madison received the queue of notables in that room from thomas jefferson to andrew jackson, henry clayaniel webster, and very young men learning that madison's neice wrote that the site for freedom was enamored with freedom peak. you bet. they would rhapsodize about spending one evening listening to the father of the constitution hold forth. jennings, like part of the wallpaper, was present for hundreds of such discourses. and in the book i discovered the thesis that jennings was able to observe the theoretical underpinnings that would support his in a hearing for freedom and allow him to identify as a natural right of man for future use by the widow speenineteen. paul jennings had returned to lafayette square for the first time in 20 years. james madison died the previous summer and the mistress decided she would make use of her city house in washington and ascent jennings i had to ready the dwelling. it was still for the wary but in anticipation of the new administration, already the town of millions was gathering along with that of spring's first fog. it reminded a jennings of james

then we will talk about henry clay and stephen douglas and the compromise of the nation. and then back to the history and biography tent than finally david eisenhower talks about dwight david eisenhower and after that booktv will join them on stage you have a chance to talk with them as well. that is the lineup for today. we have another option we will be webcast dain all day long here at the national book festival here is the line up. so you have two options. c-span2 or join us online web casting live all day long run the national book festival. the pure in the area come on down we are passing out book bags this year the color is paint. the coordinator jennifer gavin what else is going on? >> we have never had so many authors bringing 126 authors and illustrators and paul witt said. this is the second year with the today book festival, by opening one hour earlier and also have multiple authors. >> how many do expect? >> last year we had to mended thousand and we hope for relatively good weather. >> it never seems that crowded. >> and be honest, www.have a gate to and we