and for james buchanan was known to be a bachelor running for president that means you are gay? you are promiscuous or you have a sexually transmitted diseases like an 1876 once again none of it is true with the 19th century it was no-holds-barred.interestin interestingly enough as a point i want to make is that the average voter which was were basically a white male was in the high 70th percentile. everybody voted in the 19th century there is an interesting book that came out called of virginia wrote that is what it was called a few were flowing to vote for a the first time it was taken very seriously people would assure you to the poll you would vote to do your civic duty but a lot of that was inflamed by passion and prejudice that has always been a part of american elections.ctions hav and in the 20th centuryhe ones i were bad in a different way 1964 i like to talk about because it had a great influence on american politics but most people didn't know how dirty that the election was with lyndon johnson against goldwater in johnson running for his first elected term and was ob

james buchanan was democratic president in 1856, he had a congenital birth disorder which causes head to tilt slightly to the left. you can see it in pictures was his opponents claimed it wasn't something congenital but he tried to hang himself and failed and therefore you wouldn't want to elect someone who couldn't even commit suicide right. in a more machiavelli and fashion they also attacked -- one of the president who was rumored to be gay. andrew jackson called him and nancy. william henry clay would lift when he spoke to him on the senate floor, james buchanan, very difficult to be a bachelor and run for president because either you are gay like rabbi stevenson except that he wasn't, you are promiscuous, or you have a sexually transmitted disease like samuel tilden did in 1876, none of it true but in the 19th century they had no holds barred for attacking people that way. interestingly enough, one of the points i want to make about dirty elections, the average voter, white males in the 19th century, 70%, everybody voted in the 19th century. there is a very interesting book that

james buchanan. second is andrew johnson. now your arguments can start. you have those two firmly in place. now have at it, and have big fun after you have those. johnson's aggressive opposition to congressional republicans and the intransigence of x rebels pushed the loyal white citizenry far beyond where they otherwise would have gone in the wake of the war, and where they thought they would go at the moment of victory. the 14th and 15th amendments, barred states made it harder for x rebels to hold office and guaranteed to vote for black men. those amendments and an array of other legislation sought to secure and extend the fruits of union victory and emancipation. the increasing severity of governmental policy had far more to do with chastising x rebels then with helping african-americans, though the latter surely were the immediate and long-term beneficiaries. go back and read the 14th amendment sometime, not just the parts we talk about now. read the whole thing and then ask yourself, what is this really about? i was going to quote grant again, but i

she'd been an advisor to james buchanan. with the election of lincoln that disappeared. she was desperate to regain this position with influence she had wielded. when a confederate captain approached her and said would you be interested in running a disregard of that and said of course i want to do that. she immediately began cold debating sources -- by sleeping with. she managed to bed a high number of union officials including senator henry wilson of massachusetts, and abolitionist republican and chairman of lincoln's committee on military affairs. she entertained these men in her home often. the neighbors watch the men come and go hold her wild rose. it was very catty. .he knew what she was feeling -- what she was doing. belle learndid about rose? she wants to be rose. karen: she went to school in washington dc and she had her society debut as a debutante. i love this story. she carved her name with her diamond in the window of her was here.lle boyd rose, she was still the leading lady of washington society. the invitations were the most coveted in town. democratic an

den, he says there were attempts to kill andrew jackson, they attempted to poison james buchanan. and to kill andrew jackson. the idea of conspiracy developed of this.lt this is the caption, william henry harrison, assassinated by poison march 27, died april 4, on page 35. he claims, was in favor of the annexation of texas as a slave state under certain conditions. and he mentions that there would have to be conditions met before he would sign anything that would support the annexation of texas. the reason that texas was important, was that it came in at the time, southern slave states would have the majority of united states senate. political control. harrison knew that. harrison was not in favor of the extension of slavery. when he was commander in the 1790's in the northwest territories, he actually was against the extension of slavery in the northwest, which 1789, the, in northwest ordinance actually stopped the extension of slavery in the territory. however, the vice president was john tyler. tyler was in favor of the extension to taxes to join and be admitted into the union.

she'd been an advisor to james buchanan. with the election of lincoln that disappeared. she was desperate to regain this position with influence she had wielded. when a confederate captain approached her and said would you be interested in running a spy ring in washington, d.c., the federal capital, rose disregarded the danger of that and said, of course, of course i want to do that. she immediately began cultivating sources -- by sleeping with, i mean by cultivating. she managed to bed a high number of union officials including senator henry wilson of massachusetts, an abolitionist republican, and the chairman of lincoln's committee on military affairs. you can imagine their pillow talk was quite interesting. she entertained these men in her home often. the neighbors watch the men come and go and watched her wild rose. it was very catty. she knew what she was doing. she was very serious about her intent to help the confederate army. denise: how did belle learn about rose? belle narcotics way, kind of wants to be rose. karen: belle went to school in washington, d.c., and

that.ry about >> that was james buchanan. [laughter] thing worthd throwing to the group to amplify that question is -- i forgot what was. question of the process opening up and closing down over time -- what i was going to say is, i was reminded by something online. when george washington was first elected president they did not imagine there would be political parties. a lot of it is closely aligned to the fact that we have mostly had to parties. we are not the only country who was elected some bad people. democracy.risk of you have mortals and divided sentiment. contrary to the gentleman's question, despite not having it worked out methodically, we had a fairy flesh fairly narrow pool we came down to, johnson, buchanan come a w is out there but it is too soon to tell. as a historian, the more that i work in history, the more charitable i feel toward presidents whose ideology and accomplishments that i dislike. issue the pressures of the job see the pressures of the job, the circumstance. the senior editor of the american pr

[laughter] >> that was james buchanan. yeah. >> try not to do that. but a second thing that's probably worth throwing to the group to amplify that question, is, now, damn, i've forgotten what it was. all right. so the question of the process opening up and closing down over time. oh, what i was going to say is i was reminded by reading something online the other day that when george washington was first elected president they didn't imagine there would be political parties, right? so a lot of this is closely allied to the fact that we've more or less had two parties even though they've changed over time. >> we're not the only country who's elected some pretty bad people. so, you know, it is sort of -- this is a risk of democracy, right, that, you know, you have mortals and you have divided sentiment. and i think it's absolutely -- i would say contrary to the gentleman's question we actually despite not having worked out methodically had a fairly narrow pool that we came down to. you know, johnson buchanan, nixon, you know, w. is out there but it's too

william henry clay would lift when he spoke to him on the senate floor, poor james buchanan, very difficult as i am sure you know is a bachelor to run for president because either you are gay like ally stevenson only he wasn't, you are promiscuous, or you have a sexually transmitted disease like samuel tilden did, none of it true but in the 19th century no holds barred for attacking people that way. interestingly enough, one of the points i make about dirty elections is the average voter most eligible to vote in the 19th century was in the high 70%. everybody voted in the 19th century. there is a very interesting book that came out a couple weeks ago called the virgin vote and that is what it was called in the 19th century if you were about to vote for the first time, you were a young man about to vote for the first time, it was taken very seriously, people would help us or you to the polls and you would vote and do your civic duty but a lot of it was driven and inflamed by passion and prejudice. that has always been a part of american elections. the american elections have been bad in the