and james buchanan's new center at the university of virginia issued a report in 1959 leveraging the authority of their discipline and buchanan's stature as the chair of the economics department of the state's flagship university in order to try to undermine the case that the moderates were making. and he actually sent the report that he produced to try to discredit this moderate account to a number of virginia legislators, and the cover letter said they were issuing this report letting the chips fall where they may. and that phrase stuck with me. and i knew i wasn't going to leave this man as i tried to figure out how a fellow educator could do something like this. then i went on to find out from another footnote that his what came to be called the virginia school of political economy had had a more lasting impact on chile under the peen they tick today to haveship. buchanan was brought in to advise on a constitution, a constitution that a subsequent president has criticized for its authoritarian trammells and said put locks and bolts on what government can do. to the point that chil

reynolds one james buchanan duke to buy his company? debt,he got into so much he needed to get out of this debt and needed help. and also, he ended james buchanan duke made a secret deal, that basically duke would allow r.j. reynolds to stay in charge of his company, and give him the bulk of the stock and a let him run everything. so r.j. reynolds was able to get what he wanted, and it looked hee, to everybody else, that had fallen under the american tobacco monopoly. that meant that when r.j. up all thes buying competitors and tobacco manufacturers in winston and elsewhere, it looked like duke was doing it, and not r.j. reynolds. 20th century,y 're of -- all of r.j. reynolds are gone, they have been pulled into his company. meanwhile, the u.s. supreme his company. meanwhile, the u.s. supreme court's looking into monopolies, including tobacco, and the supreme court rules that we have to bust these monopolies, and r.j. reynolds gets his company back. meanwhile, he has been experimenting with cigarettes. not anti-tobacco. he is not suppos

reynolds want james buchanan duke to buy his company?ebt he got into so much extending himself in the 1890's that he needed help to get out of this debt. and also, he and james buchanan duke made a secret deal, that basically duke would let r.j. reynolds stay in charge of his company and get him the bulk of the stock and let him run everything. was able toreynolds get what he wanted, and it looked like to everyone else that he had fallen under the american tobacco monopoly. that meant that when r.j. reynolds is buying up all the competitor manufacturers of tobacco in winston and elsewhere, it looks like duke is doing it, not r.j. reynolds. so by the early 20th century, 'll of r.j. reynolds competitors in winston and the surrounds have gone. they have all folded up into his company. mean while, -- meanwhile, the supreme court is looking into monopolies, including tobacco. and the supreme court rules that we have to bust these monopolies, and r.j. reynolds gets his company back. meanwhile, he has been experimenting with cigarettes. not lik

[laughter] but just this year there are new books obviously about barack obama but roosevelt james buchanan, chester arthur, millard fillmore. the high school was named for millard fillmore but really? but in 70 years for the bancroft prize and pulitzer prize never once has there been a book for congressional history. so we have seen books about presidents in slavery even a book for the history of the cigarette. [laughter] i think that helps to describe the difficulty of writing about this institution so why did i? [laughter] first of all i felt my combination of academic training and decades of working in congress gave specific insight and my friendship with many of these members give me the opportunity to sit down to gather their thoughts and stories and recollections that frankly another may not have the opportunity to do i felt it was a necessity because the way this class has been written about very distinguished political scientist said this is the most consequential congressional class of the 20th century. i want to be very clear this is not an homage to the class of 74. it looks at