he was related to henry clay -- prestigious kentucky family. he was related to henry clay.ardin was the first man in illinois to volunteer to fight in the us-mexico war. in fact, he was volunteering to fight the war before it started. he was writing letters to stephen douglas. he already had military experience. he had fought in the black hawk war. he was in charge of taking mormons out of the state of illinois. it was a big military guy and political guide and he really wanted to fight mexico. he wrote letters to newspapers saying this was the greatest possible opportunity to gain california for the united states and that is war is declared i will be at the front and in fact he was. hardin was very excited about the possibility of taking a lot of mexican territory. but when he gets to mexico his views change quickly and dramatically. when he first gets to mexico he writes in rapturous terms about potential silver mines the hazard about. he says that she has heard about. he says -- he has heard about. he says it will only take a little skill to make the minds available. the

henry clay of course had lost to polk and henry clay believed that it was his time to win 1848. it was going to be a whig year. clay's party is the whig party. clay thinks he will win. and then out of nowhere, taylor gets the nomination and clay is absolutely devastated that he doesn't get to be nominated. and in addition to taylor getting nomination, a completely obscure, almost unheard of person, millard fillmore, who is by -- when nominated, is the most obscure person ever to be nominated for president, at that time gets the vice presidential nomination. so he had this kind of strange access of taylor who was a louisiana sugar planter running with fillmore who was the comptroller of the state of new york. for me, there's a kind of personal thing which i have to say i currently teach at albany law school where fillmore was living. and next year, i will be a visitor at lsu, a law school in louisiana. so, i am the embodiment of the albany-baton rouge access as well. mr. hunt: yes, i'd like to say let's don't discount that that mexican war brought us all of the western southwest,

one of the greatest politicians and a neighbor of the todds was henry clay.f the whig political party. her father was also a member of that political party.

henry clay of course had lost to polk. henry clay believed that it was his time to win. 1848 was going to be a whig year. clay thinks he will win. and then out of nowhere, taylor gets the nomination and clay is absolutely devastated. in addition to taylor getting the nomination, it completely -- a almost completely obscure person, fillmore, gets the vice presidential nomination. you had this strange axis of taylor, who was a louisiana sugar planter, running with fillmore, who is the controller of the state of new york. for me, it is a personal thing. i teach at albany law school where fillmore was living. next year, i will be visiting lsu. i am the embodiment of the albany-baton rouge access as well. ms. hunt: let's don't discount that the mexican war brought us all of the western southwest. california, new mexico, etc. he was the commander in chief and he acted like it. and if it upset when phil scott who had quite a temper, and zachary taylor, so be it. as it turned out that is what , history has recorded. we greatly exp

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one of the greatest politicians and a neighbor of the todds was henry clay. the whig political party. her father was also a member of that political party. they shared some political ideas, especially in regard to slavery. they supported the american colonization society, the movement to re-settle blacks so this represents yet another view on slavery that mary lincoln was exposed to as a child. this is the gentleman's parlor of the house, a formal area that would have been off-limits to the women, but according to mary todd lincoln's cousins, mary liked to sit in on some of the conversations happening when her father was entertaining other prominent men of the day, and it is said that mary may have paid attention to politics due to her father, who was very active in state and local politics. >> and our next caller is from lexington, kentucky. john. welcome. caller: i appreciate her unique time in the white house. of course, one that is briefly brought up here in the segment we just watched is the fact that many of mary's kin became confederates during the war

he would take up dirt on henry clay, for example. but he did a lot of the dirty work. a lot of behind the scenes work. so these two men are part of a larger kinship network that jackson uses to advance himself politically. again, we are not going to talk about everyone, but if you notice on one side, you have the stokes family. this was a very prominent north carolina family that william lewis marries into after his first wife dies. and the stokes family is very much involved in gaining support for jackson in north carolina. and on the other side, the cleburne family is a very prominent family in louisiana. and this family was very strong in its support of jackson and of the democrats. so jackson utilizes this kinship network politically, and there are multiple kinship networks like this. this is not necessarily uncommon in the earlier public, but jackson, who isn't part of those virginia families, those dynastic families like the washingtons and the jeffersons, jackson understands that this is something he needs to advance himself in his career. and these fictive ties

he would dig up dirt on henry clay for example, or try to dig up dirt on john quincy adams. he did a lot of the dirty work. the behind the scenes work. btw men who were brothers-in-law are part of the kinship that jackson uses to advance himself politically. we won't talk about everyone but if you notice on one side, you have the stokes family. a very prominent, north carolina family that william lewis marries into after his first wife dies. the stokes family is very much involved in getting support for jackson in north carolina. on the other side, the claver and family is a prominent family in louisiana. this family was very strong in its support of jackson and the democrats. jackson utilizes this one kinship network politically and there are multiple kinship networks like this. this is not necessarily uncommon in the early republic. jackson who is not part of those virginia families, understands that this is something he needs to advance himself in his career. these fictive ties in particular very much become part of the southern network, and in some cases, they have stron

i would say that the calhoun's, the henry clay's, the webster's, that era has largely passed. that is the reason compromise was becoming so difficult. stephen douglas was there from illinois. a powerhouse. has his aspirations on the presidency. has other reasons for wanting to do things besides strike copper -- compromise. he is the architect of the kansas-nebraska act. a disastrous act. it says for news -- new territories that want to apply for states, instead of using the missouri compromise or the famous 36-30 parallelm that we allow people in those territories to vote. popular sovereignty is the term. that is what he proposed as a way to settle the debate in those territories for when the states were admitted to the union. he has political reasons for doing that. stephen douglas has his eyes on the presidency and believes he will need southern democratic support. there is also talk of a transcontinental railroad. the south once the eastern terminus to be in st. louis douglas once it to be in chicago. he believes this popular sovereignty will be beneficial to the south, tha

henry clay wanted the united states out of mexico without taking territory. i do not know if it was an extremely realistic position but it was clay's session. did the anti-way -- position. did the antiwar movement and the war? i think it forced him so i think you can say it ended the war. it did limit the territorial acquisition. had polk been allowed to continue fighting mexico would have been forced to give up more land will stop mobilized to the public -- land. it mobilized to the public in support of bringing a war to the close for the first time. it is important to recognize that antiwar movements existed in the past, they can work, and limit the loss of life. the antiwar movement did all of these things. thank you very much. [applause] >> you are watching american history tv, all weekend every weekend on c-span3. to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-spanhistory. >> recently, american history tv was that the organization of american history in st. louis, missouri. we spoke with students about research. this interview is about 15 minutes. >>

at the homestead the factory manager was a man by the name of henry clay frick. he closed the plant, locked out the workers who immediately went on strike, strikebreakers were brought in, the company then brings pinkerton guards in to protect them. july 6, 1892, a fight rates out between the pinkerton's and the armed workers areas seven are killed, nine strikers are also killed. both men decide that they need to respond against the carnegie people and mr. frick and that it is time to kill mr. frick. on july 23 he gains access to his office with a concealed handgun and shoot frick three times and stabs him in the leg with a knife. workers, far from jumping to help, attack berkman. he is sentenced to 22 years in prison, taking away goldman's lover, close friend, and mentor. she spent some time in jail because of it, but they could not tie it together. a few weeks later he finds out that they are going to eat again in chicago. he goes to hear verse the, finds out where she is staying, he knocks on the door and ask the name. it is sort of like ulysses. there is no on

and henry clay was part of a kentucky lawyer that changed american politics forever.it is subtitled america's greatest statement, making it clear that that was what he was. and perhaps there is something to be learned from henry clay. >> what else is there? >> we have a book called winston churchill reporting by a young author named simon read. and it's a fascinating book and look at at the years that churchill spent as a foreign war correspondent. and he was putting himself in harm's way. so later when he went on he kind of had more of a feeling for what that is all about than most people give him credit for because he was a war journalist. >> it's interesting to come up with new aspects. >> yes interestingly enough it is also tough to come up with new ways of looking at presidents, including george washington. the we have another author who has done that. and it's about how george washington, when he learned to manage his estate, good practices like transparency being willing to take risks, how he learned it this end it became the president of the united states. he

henry clay was a large producer of industrial hemp. it can be used for food, horse beding, animal feed, textiles makeup, rope pharmaceuticals, etc. i met with a partnership of tobacco farmers botanist and even law enforcement officials who put up their own capital into industrial hemp projects which they think will spark a profitable business. mr. barr: this is about jobs and i yield back to my friend from kentucky. mr. massie: mr. chairman, i reserve. the chair: the gentleman from kentucky reserves. the gentleman from pennsylvania for what purpose does do you rise? mr. fattah: i rise to claim the time in opposition even though i'm not actually in opposition. the chair: is there objection to the gentleman claiming time? >> i object. i rise to claim time in opposition. mr. fattah: i yield. i yield to my good friend. the chair: the gentleman from maryland is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you very much. mr. chairman, you know, the job of the d.e.a. is not simple. mr. harris: the job of the d.e.a. is to stop drug abuse in the unite