after james garfield's death, citizens raised hundreds of thousands of dollars that were turned over to lucretia garfield. in today's dollars, it would equate to somewhere around $8 million. >> her character was extremely strong. she had a rectitude that was invulnerable. host: lucretia garfield was born in ohio in 1832. her life spans antebellum america to the progressive era of the early 20th century. a supporter of women's rights and deeply interested in politics, she and president james garfield entered the white house on march 4, 1881 after a very close election. however, what plans she had as first lady were soon cut short by an assassin's bullet. good evening, and welcome to "first ladies: image and image." after the assassination, the next person to come into the white house, chester arthur, did not have a first lady. to help us understand, we have carl anthony. he is the author of "america's first families." the circumstances of james garfield's election helped to seal the president's fate. tell us the story of where the party politics were at the time. guest: so many of the

this was done by a good friend of the garfield and it shows james a. garfield as a major general during the american civil war. this is the room lucretia garfield came up with to really memorialize her husband, keep his memory alive for herself, for their children, and for the country. all over the room, you see books that belonged to james a. garfield. this is a beautiful piece that was sent to mrs. garfield completely unsolicited by someone in italy. it's a beautiful memorial piece with an image of james garfield surrounded by flowers. it is all actually made with small stones cracked together and was one of her favorite pieces. we have a very beautiful marble bust of james a. garfield of this was also sculpted by an italian and given to her around 1883, two years after his death. here we have what lucretia called the memory room. she has constructed along with 1886 wherey in 1885- she is stored his official documents and papers. she had them down and stored it really to keep them for posterity. been a lot of very interesting items. most significantly

this was done by a good friend of the garfield and it shows james a. rfield as a major general during the american civil war. this is the room lucretia garfield came up with to really memorialize her husband, keep his memory alive for herself, for their children, and for the country. all over the room, you see books that belonged to james a. garfield. this is a beautiful piece that was sent to mrs. garfield completely unsolicited by someone in italy. it's a beautiful memorial piece with an image of james garfield surrounded by flowers. it is all actually made with small stones cracked together and was one of her favorite pieces. we have a very beautiful marble bust of james a. garfield of this was also sculpted by an italian and given to her around 1883, two years after his death. here we have what lucretia called the memory room. she has constructed along with the library in 1885-1886 where she is stored his official documents and papers. she had them down and stored it really to keep them for posterity. been a lot of very interesting items. most signi

. >> after james garfield's death, number of prominent citizens raced $350,000 that was turn over lucretia garfield. that would equate to $8 million in today's dollars. >> her character was exceedingly strong. she has a rectitude that wag invulnerable. >> lieu career which garfield was born in ohio in 183 2. her life spans antibell almost america. and a sporter of women's right, she and president garfield entered the white house on march 4, 1881, after a very close election. hough, what planses she had as first lady were cut short by an assassin's bullet. tonight we learn about lucretia garfield, and the next person to come into the white house, chester arthur, who did so without a first lady, and to help us understand this interesting period in american hoyt, carl anthony, the history yap at the national first lady's libraries. the circumstances of the garfields election helped to -- tell us the story of where the party politics were at that time. >> guest: well, so many of the large issues that had continued in knost civil war era were really in large measure put to rest. transcontinenta

after james garfield's death, citizens raised hundreds of thousands of dollars that were turned over to lucretia garfield. in today's dollars, it would equate to somewhere around $8 million. >> her character was extremely strong. she had a rectitude that was invulnerable.

during james garfield front porch campaign she played role as hostess.we'll life at the like of first lady and that of mary arthur who built the role fir lady when her brother becomes president. join our conversation about the lives of first lady, live monday night at 9:00 eastern on c-span, c-span 3, c pan radio, and c-span.org. today at the white house president obama met with the turkish prm and took questions from reporters. one question was about the irs. >> i can assure you that i certainly didn't know anything about the ig report before the ig report had been leaked through. trying to protect the integrity of. but what i'm absolutely certain of is that the action described in the ig report are unacceptable. so in addition to making sure that we've got a new acting director there. we're going to make sure that we gather up the facts and hold them conditional and responsible -- accountable and responsible anybody involved in this. we are going to make sure that we identify any structure or management issues to prevent something like this from happen

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killed james garfield. killed mckinley. almost killed ronald reagan. all that's forgiven now by the nra infested republican party. today the leaders of the republican party marched in lock step behind the banner of wayne lapierre and no democrat need apply. kasie hunt right now is nbc news political reporter. she's with us here. she covered the nra convention down in houston this weekend. and howard fineman is the "huffington post" editorial director and msnbc political analyst. let's take a look at this. here's npr. why do i keep saying that? nra executive vice president wayne lapierre. it couldn't be more different. anyway, he invoked the recent boston lockdown in his argument for gun rights. now, this is twisted but it's how he's thinking and how he's selling. let's watch. >> they can try to blame us and shame us with all their might, but when it comes to defending the second amendment, we will never sacrifice our freedom up on the altar of elitist acceptance. we will never surrender our guns. never. imagine waking up to a phone call from the police

t the time, he felt that the nomination with james garfield and garfield's election was a been hat heould have elected had he chosen to run for a second term in office. he felt that the corner had been republican party swinging back. >> they travelled thousands of almost always together. they were the first to go to the west coast during the term in office. >> was there something for the trouble. was. s, there >> two other things about the hayes administration that interested in e especially those who follow the machinations of the senate. of the things that hayes was really very successful was limiting the number of riders that could be attached change the on to intent of legislation. and the second thing that he did really began in an incremental way to put in a system to really appoint to where you assessed before qualifications you go to the job. periphery, d on the presidential ponderings with the support of black people, rita like diversity advocates of the era. if you agree with that or not. give a sense of what's happening to black americans in as reconstruction was happening?

rights, she expressed frustration with the traditional roles of mother and wife trade during james garfieldnd -- front porch campaign, she reluctantly play the role of hostess for her husband, but when he was assassinated, she returned to ohio and assured his legacy by making their home into an early version of a presidential library. we will look at the life of first lady lucretia garfield joined oury -- conversation about the lives of 3,rst ladies on c-span, c-span c-span.org. and >> later, hearing on the guestworker program in the u.s. agriculture industry. >> this week on "q&a" james gate discusses his life as regents professor --

believer and woman's rights, express frustration of the traditional roles of mother 'sd wife during james garfield run for president, she reluctantly played the role of hostess for her has been. when the fascinated -- when he was assassinated, she returned to ohio and made their home into an early version of a presidential library. join our conversation about the lives of first ladies live monday night and then a club eastern on c-span, c-span3, c- span radio and c-span.org. >> nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel was the featured speaker at the newseum. the annual senate murdering ceremony. he talks about his abduction arrested when he was reporting from syria last year. this is about 35 minutes. >> good morning. i am the ceo of the museum. welcome for our rededication of the journalist memorial. since its open in 2008, 3 million visitors have seen this memorial that paid tribute to 2444 journalists who have died covering the news. around the world, journalists placed themselves in danger every day. some are deliberately targeted. others get too close to danger. while some may be in

during james garfield front porch campaign for president, she reluctantly played the role of hostessor her husband. but when she was -- when he was assassinated, she returns to ohio and ensured his legacy by making their home into an early version of a presidential library. we will look at the life of first lady lucretia garfield and that of mary author mcelroy -- mary arthur mcelroy. join the conversation about the lives of first lady's live monday night at 9:00 eastern on c-span, c-span3, c-span radio and c-span.org. "washington journal" continues. all accounts, last week's news cycle was a rough one for the obama administration. we are joined now by huffington tot reporter jen bendery discuss the president's second term agenda. let's are with the irs targeting of the conservative groups at the start of a new week. where does the white house, in terms of conveying this story? guest: well, i think we are only just getting started. makeng lawmakers statements. they want to have hearings. we have already had one hearing this week with the irs acting commissioner, and it was pretty bru

. >> this is the way that this looks during the presidency of james garfield. this was, indeed, part of the family parlor. james and his wife spent a lot of time with their children. they had lost two children to infancy. the children died before the family could move here. they all have the benefits of having two very intelligent parents who strongly believed in education. both are very important. very important to their parents. the family with the by the fireplace and reach one another. often times out loud. that is one of their favorite activities. in the center of the table has this award. this is garfield absolutely adored her time at the expedition. she would write pages of what she thought. a lot of people think of this as a very artistic thing. she is so intelligent, she loved the sciences. >> a conversation on mrs. garfield is available on her website. tune in on monday for her next program from c-span2 the features frances cleveland. >> a senate panel released a report showing how these subsidiary companies allow the company to avoid the pain u.s. tax

. >> this is the way it looked during james garfield's 1880 campaign. his is the formal party room. james and his wife and the lot of time to fix them with their children. they would close the doors, their children would stay here. they lost two children to infancy. allies and isabella and edward are all children have the benefit of having two very intelligent parents who strongly believe in education. very important to james and his wife. the family was hit by a fire. they reach one another and that was one of their favorite activities was to read what to one another. the piece is very interesting. mrs. garfield absolutely adored her time. >> many people think it is artistic. she is also very intelligent. >> a conversation on this is now available on our website. c-span.org/first ladies. and tune in on monday for next program. >> we are going to a conference committee. chairman ben bernanke takes up this argument and that follows the u.s. senate budget debate. >> we were all here to pass the regular budgetary orders in four years. it was a full and open

she expressed frustration with the traditional roles of mother and wife during james garfield front porch campaign for president she reluctantly played the role of hostess for husband but when he was assassinated she returned to ohio and injured his legacy by making their home into an early version of presidential library. we will look at the life of the first lady and that of mary arthur the gilroy who built the role of first lady with her brother became president. during the conversation about lives of first ladies tonight at 9:00 eastern. >> president obama was an obama yesterday giving the commencement address. the president talked about the unique sense of purpose the university instils. the president is remarks are about half an hour. [applause] >> hello, morehouse. [applause] i love you back. i have to say that it is one of be able to address this gathering here today. i want to thank dr. wilson for his outstanding leadership, the board of trustees. richmond and sanford bishop, both proud alumni of the school. as well as congressman hank johnson and one of my dear friends and a gre

during james garfield campaign for president, she will actively played a bowl of hostess for her but when he was assassinated, she returned to ohio and georgia legacy by making their home and do an early version of a presidential library. we will look at the life of the first lady and that of mary arthur mcelroy two noble role of first lady when her brother chester arthur becomes president who fulfilled the role of first lady when her brother, chester arthur, becomes president. butorw i newsmakers, our guest is congressman chris van hollen, the top democrat on the house budget committee. he about how the administration and congress are adjusting the irs'targeting of conservative groups. >> the conduct was clearly unacceptable. we need to get to the bottom of it. we also need to recognize that after the citizens united case, you had about a dozen applications from groups for 501c4 tax status. there are lots of groups, republican leaning and democratic leaning, trying to get this kind of tax status to conduct political activities without disclosing donors. that's why the irs is having

during james garfield's front porch campaign for president, she reluctantly played the role of hostess for her husband, but when he was assassinated, she returned to ohio and insured his legacy by making her home into the early version of a presidential library. we'll look at the life of lucretia garfield and that of -- [inaudible] mcelroy who fulfills the role of first lady when her brother becomes president on c-span, c-span3, c-span radio and c-span.org. >> both chambers of congress are in session today. they'll have a memorial day break coming up and will be out all of next week. today the house is in for legislative business at 2 eastern to consider bills under suspension of the rules, and later in the week a bill designed to speed up construction of the keystone xl pipeline and a pill that would tie -- a bill that would tie interest rates on student loans to ten-year treasury notes. the senate will debate the farm bill estimated to cost $955 billion. we heard more about the bill this morning on "washington journal." >> host: on mondays at this time we look at your money, how taxp

garfield. her husband, president james a. garfield was made her home he an early version of a presidential library and worked to sustain his legacy. chester arthur who turned to her sister, mary arthur mcelroy to be hostess. lucretia garfield mcelroy.arthur c-span, c-span 3, and c-span radio. eastern.. our website has more about the "welcome ies including to the white house" produced by our partner. chronicles life in the tenure of each of the first ladies. ed kigsfering a special of the book, "first ladies of the united states of america," a and portrait of each first lady including commenting from the historians and the michelle obama on the role of first ladies throughout history. $12.95 plus shipping at c-span.org/products. ceremony emorial honors a journalist who died stories. the abduction rescue while reporting in syria. hosted the 30-minute event. >> good morning, i'm jim duff. rededication of the memorial. visitors 3 million have seen the soaring memorial 2,244 aid tribute to journalists worldwide who died the news. r

during james garfield's campaign, she played the role of hostess for her husband.hen he was assassinated, she returned to ohio and ensure his legacy by making a home into an early version of a presidential library. >> and a few moments, president obama news conference with the turkish prime minister. , a tea partyinutes news conference on the irs, including reaction from members of congress. on thehat, a hearing boston marathon bombing. later, we will re-air the house debate on repealing the 2010 healthcare law. the internal revenue service practice of targeting conservative groups that apply for tax exemption. members will hear from the tech -- treasury department or tactics ministration. steve miller, the outgoing irs commissioner who resigned men -- wednesday. live coverage at 8:00 eastern. >> present obama says there is no need for a special prosecutor to investigate the targeting of conservative groups by the irs. the king of republicans -- -- saying he has confidence in eric holder. mr. von maeve earmarks during a news conference with the turkish prime minist

front james garfield's porch campaign for president, she reluctantly played the role of hostess for hersband. what he was assassinated, she returned to ohio and ensure his legacy by making their home into an early version of a presidential library. we will look at the life of first lady lucretia garfield and that of mary arthur mcelroy. join our conversation about the lives of first lady's live at monday night at 9:00 eastern on c-span, c-span 3, c-span radio, and at c-span.org. >> outgoing irs commissioner steve miller told congress that foolish mistakes were made by the tax agency, but they were not motivated by partisanship. he was referring to revelations that some conservative groups were targeted in filing for nonprofit status good and treasury department regulator testifying the same hearing evidenceid not find that irs decisions were motivated by politics. this portion is an hour and 40 minutes. >> the meeting will come to order. on may 10 the director of internal revenue service division that oversees tax exempt group acknowledged that the agency was targeting political leaning

garfield create -- >> this is the parlor. this was indeed both the formal parlor and family room. james and lucretia spent a lot of time with their children. they both adored their children very much. they lost two children to infancy. those children died before the family moved here. james and lucretia five children, hal, jimmy, all had very two intelligent parents who strongly believed in education. they felt education was an emancipating factor. they took dance lessons, piano lessons. over in this other room, we have molly's piano which was a gift to her on her 13th birthday. she practiced the piano and that was a reward. here in the family parlor like almost every room in the house, you see a lot of books. books were important to james and lucretia. some of their favorite author was dickens and also william shakespeare. the family would read to one another and often times out loud in the evening. that was one of their favorite activities. we're here in the family dining room. in the center of the table is a very interesting art piece. it actually won an award at the philadelphia cen

garfield as established the president for her president's library. >> this is the formal parlor and family room that served as both. jamest a lot of time with their children. toy had lost two children infancy. those children died before the family moved here. all had thehildren benefit of having to intelligent parents who strongly believed in education. they felt education was an emancipating factor and what that was a key to success. we have molly's piano, which was a gift to her on her 13th birthday in 1880. she practiced the p&f, and that was a reward. , liken the family parlor every room in the house, you see a lot of books. books are very important, and their children love to read. some of their favorite authors were dickens, and there are several volumes of his work here, also william shakespeare. each other.ead to often times out loud in the evenings. that was one of their favorite activities. we are here in the dining room, and in the center of the table is an interesting art piece. --is called mrs. garfield adored her time at the expedition. butisited all the tents, she specifically was interested in the science