james garfield was shot in july of 1881 when he was going on a train, and what you see is the path of the bullet. garfield died some three months later, not necessarily as a direct result of the bullet path you see there, but infection that was caused, for the most part, by not sterile practices performed by the physician managing his care. you might recall the past g --ge he -- have followed unite recall the have followed g athology exhibit we look at earlier, which included that human hairball, some other specimens of note. on display in that case is also the spleen of the assassin of president james garfield, who was caught and tried and convicted and executed. but it was found later that he was actually dying of malaria, and so the spleen that is on display does not say anything about charles, but it is a remarkable specimen showing the effects of malaria on that organ. the rest of that exhibit case has a few objects on display. a few of note -- standing at the back of the case, the rhesus monkey skeleton is an early american astronaut. she flew into space in 1959 and was part of

his name was james a. garfield. imagine that. president coming here to visit the mount auburn home in cincinnati. we now move to the library. this is where the family would gather and have quiet evenings, spending a lot of time in particular space. i try to imagine seeing grandma and grandpa taft sitting here on an old horse hair sofa couch, possibly reading the cincinnati inquirer newspaper. some things that has happened in the events of history, the civil war has already ended four months prior to september. also it is the same year president abraham lincoln was assassinated by john wilkes booth. people in cincinnati where devastated to hear this news. just to my right we have the secretary desk. this belong to alphonso taft, william's father. this was the desk he probably while he was an attorney, possibly downtown in cincinnati, which we have been fortunate enough to have acquired back here in the caps on. mantle have a slate fireplace. we put this marble finish back on it as it originally had won -- worn when the taft's had

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and then president james garfield, who had been a congressman was assassinated and arthur became presidentut any political elected experience. >> some of them had been appointed as you point out. >> yes. >> none of them had been elected if this happens in 2016 this would be presidential history in the making. none of them have been appointed to anything. >> absolutely. so you have -- this would be a very historic election if we elected a political outsider. but i also think it speaks to america and who we are. we traded royalty for representation and that anyone can rise in a leadership position and prove themselves worthy of, you know, taking that oath of office. so it's going to be a very interesting election to see kind of, you know, what ends up surfacing to the top. is it the outsider or the insider that says, hey, i really am the most experienced as a governor or a senator. >> it is fascinating. we have often elected governors in this country. it seems to be a shift right now happening. it's interesting. jane hampton cook we appreciate you joining us this morning. we appreciate it. >