james monroe, his single year of grammar school, he had gone with james monroe.y had been friends despite political differences. although james monroe was closer to jefferson. brian: when did polly die? was he on the court at the time? joel: he was on the court. polly died around 1830, i could be wrong about the day. brian: i think you say he says that the single biggest mistake or failure of his life was trying to write a five volume biography of george washington. why was that such a big mistake? joel: it's a terrible biography. i'm probably the only person who has read it recently. brian: how big is it? joel: basically, what happened was, marshall and his brother james were speculating to try to acquire land to build their wealth. they had reached an agreement with the estate of lord fairfax in virginia to acquire a large chunk of his property. they had to raise enough money for the mortgage. marshall did not earn enough money to pay for this. so george washington's nephew was on the court with marshall and was a friend of marshall's, said why don't you take g

. >>> descendents of presidents from james monroe, to gerald r ford, convened in washington dc for a conference hosted by the white house historical association. next we interview clifton truman daniel, harry truman's grandson. this is just under 15 minutes. >>> clifton truman daniel, the last time you and i talked you had just come back from japan with a group of survivors of the atomic bombing there. you have been up to something else associated with his legacy. tell me about your project. >> if you're talking about playing my own grandfather on stage, it must be 40 years old now, the play. give them harry. james westmore originated it in 1975. giving speeches about my grandfather over the last few years, people afterwards were beginning to say things like, you are starting to look like your grandfather. i must have had that play in the back of my head. and i mentioned this to a few people. they and a friend of mine in wilmington north carolina at the center for performing arts, said let's do it. and we did the play in october , it shows, and had a successful run. now i have an age

. >>> descendents of presidents from james monroe, to gerald r ford, convened in washington dc for a conference hosted by the white house historical association. next we interview clifton truman daniel, harry truman's grandson. this is just under 15 minutes. >>> clifton truman daniel, the last time you and i talked you had just come back from japan with a group of survivors of the atomic bombing there. you have been up to something else associated with his legacy. tell me about your project. >> if you're talking about playing my own grandfather on stage, it must be 40 years old now, the play. give them harry. james westmore originated it in 1975.

descendents of presidents from james monro to gerald r. ford convened in washington for a conference hosted by the white house historical association next we interview a descendent from over cleveland and william mckinley. this is just over 15 minutes. we are talking to you at the white house historical -- associations presidential summit in washington, d.c.. you work with the organization and are the descendents of two presidents. on my maternal side to grover cleveland, the 22nd and 24th u.s. president. , to william's side mckinley. i am the great great-nephew of mckinley and great great grandson of grover cleveland. >> how do those families get together? >> happenstance. my parents married and the two became one. >> for your parents aware of their lineage? >> i have no clue. my father was a longtime history professor at you ga, during the course of time, we talked about presidential politics and descendents and i learned so many stories about those families from those conversations. >> the two are very different, aren't they? with the f

. >> descendents of presidents from james monroe to gerald r. ford convened in washington, d.c. by the white house historical association. next, we interviewed tweed roosevelt, the great-grandson of theodore roosevelt. this is about 20 minutes. >> tweed roosevelt, we are talking at the white house historical association presidential site summit. attending and also speaking tonight. what is your connection to theodore roosevelt? tweed: he was my great great grandfather. he had a son named archie. archie had a son and his son had me. >> your entire life, have you been connected with your famous ancestor? has it been something that you always had a special connection and work to develop the history? tweed: that is an interesting question, because people have this idea that our family spent all oume

. >> descendents of presidents from james monroe to gerald r. ford convened in washington, d.c. for a conference hosted by the white house historical association. next, we interviewed tweed roosevelt, the great-grandson of theodore roosevelt. this is about 20 minutes. >> tweed roosevelt, we are talking at the white house historical association presidential site summit. attending and also speaking tonight. what is your connection to theodore roosevelt? tweed: he was my great great grandfather. he had a son named archie. archie had a son and his son had me. >> your entire life, have you been connected with your famous ancestor? has it been something that you always had a special connection and work to develop the history? tweed: that is an interesting question, because people have this idea that our family spent all our time sitting around tables talking about theodore. actually, they never talked about theodore. we talked about what everybody else talks about. is and mabel going -- is on to bel going to get married? was going to happen here, what will happen next? i did not becom

latin america has been of interest since james monro decided that america was for the americans over 200 years ago this month before. it now seems to be mostly of interest to the politicians as a source of people freeing the u.s., that throughout our history, the americans have been intertwined. resources, people, new ideas, culture and consequences have blogged up and down the hemisphere. most is unknown in the u.s.. and this is the perfect person to recount the history. she's done that now with respect to the second world war. she is the real deal. she's a journalist who spent years in the region walking its path listening to its ministers but also its person, witnessing its important moments. she was there when they were murdered in a salvador. i sat next to her as we watched guatemala's former dictator's stand for genocide. she knows the region, the plague years, the issues but also the humanity and generosity of people willing to tell their stories, the absurdity of political theater, the narratives of suffering of loss but also solidarity and hope. she has an important story to

hisson and james monroe, successor, would have none of it. this would be rebuilt.hy 1818, we were back in business. there were other heroes and lots of other history. men were responsible for making sure the appropriations were there to expand the building to what it is pretty much now today. jefferson davis, a surprise, but he was passionate about building this building and expanding it. where we are today, the original house chamber, had terrible acoustics. they had to grow with a growing country. in that time. during the civil war, who insisted on the completion of the dome. money onwe spending this frivolous venture when our men in the field needed blankets and guns? we are fighting for our lives in the civil war. prior to the civil war there were famous incidents here. when 30t brawl of 1858, members of the house broke into constitutioner the declaring kansas a slave state. it was an order of things to come. violence broke out in the people's house. in the senate it was not immune either. and member of the south carolina house -- the house from south caned him

he is the james monroe distinguished professor of law in-- and the policy mahoney professor research-- paul c. mahoney where he teaches constitutional law, foreign relations law, and presidential power. his scholarship focuses on separation of powers, particularly the executive power. his numerous publications include the book imperial from the beginning, the constitution of the original executive. professor prakash earned his ba from stanford university and jv from yale law school. following law school he clerked for judge silverman, larry as we call him. on the us court of appeals for the dc circuit and then for me here at this court. he was a fabulous offer and an even better person. i could continue with countless achievements but i want to leave him time to deliver his lecture. suffice it to say, he is brilliant, intellectually honest, and wonderfully accomplished. it is truly an honor. please join me in welcoming professor. sai prakash . >> [ applause ] >> i want to think justice thomas for his extremely kind and undeserved praise. he has been a mentor, hero and guide for many y

we have 45 presidential descendants that have been with us this week, going back to the -- to james monroe, descendants of james ron moe that are here this week. let's talk about presidential families and descendants and what role they play in keeping or evolving or changing that legacy of a president and a first lady. >> i'll let mark do most of this, of course, because he runs a library where you depend on the family to be involved. but it's, it's a huge factor to be able to -- and i think we heard that through a lot of the panels at our summit this week. i heard it even at the flo philanthropy panel, being able to engage the community where a presidential site is for people to have that buy in and feel connected. the more they can feel connected to the human side of the person who's been honored with their name on the building is important. and passing these stories along is so important. i was really struck this week, too, that, you know, susan ford is here. she was on our panel. she's always terrific and about representing her parents' legacy. she brought her daughter with her this ti

roles, but we have 45 presidential descendents that have been with us this week, going back to james monroe. they are here this week. let's talk about presidential families and descendents and what role they play in keeping or evolving or changing that legacy of the president or first lady. >> i will let mark talk about this because he runs the library and depends on the family to be involved, but it is a huge factor to be able to. and i think we heard a lot of the panels at our summit this week, i heard in the philanthropy panel the presidential site and the buy in to feel connected, the human side of the person being honored with their name on the building is important and passing these stories along was important. i was really stressed that susan ford is on our panel. she is always terrific about representing her parents' legacy. she brought her tine with her because she wants her daughter to take up this man tell, kind of succession planning for passing on the legacy and the message of your ancestors who held this incredible role in our history of leading our country. so i think it's hu

these unique americans represent administrations from james monroe to george w. bush. amazingly, he will be here in a few minutes, but we will be a few degrees removed from the 10th president of the united states, john tyler, who served from 1841 to 1845. he was born in 1790. and president tyler's grandson will be here. i'm not talking about his great- grandson were great, great grandson. his actual grandson, ryan tyler, has been participating in this conference and is on his way here tonight. please make a point to say hello to him. i would also like to ask all presidential descendents that are here tonight, please stand and be recognized. [ applause ] thank you. thank you for joining us and representing the legacies of our presidents and first families. in our second panel, we will hear from those who portray life in the white house on television and in the movies. this is an enormous responsibility, because for many americans and others around the world, their understanding of the presidency is based almost entirely on hollywood depictions. imagine how different you

descendents of presidents from james monro to gerald r. ford convened in washington for a conference hosted by the white house historical association next we interview a descendent from over cleveland and william mckinley. this is just over 15 minutes. we are talking to you at the white house historical -- associations presidential summit in washington, d.c.. you work with the organization and are the descendents of two presidents. on my maternal side to grover cleveland, the 22nd and 24th u.s. president. on my fath'

does it a little shiftily, if because he says, oh, butler will command the department of the james, instead monroe, i want to put william smith in command of the initially thend orders are cut and issued and and lincoln gets word of it basically tells grant, you can do this if you want but it's an and he's a very prominent democrat who's been a potential running mate and national politician and consider that to and grant gets the hint and pulls it back. so the short answer is yes, politics. >> another question? yeah, chris. lincoln talked about the arithmetic. a point where grant accepted that concept or did he always think that attrition was to win? chris: i push back on the idea that grant fights a war of attrition. yes, he does atritt the quite a bit.rmy he fights incredibly large listss with high casualty on both sides. grant has made a hard calculus everythe fact that for confederate that gets killed, confederate casualty means more to the loss of the virtue ofe army by the fewer men they have, they will reach the bottom of the barrel faster than the north so in that sense, yes, the arithmeti

so they are sent back to fort monroe and once again need to be sent up the james river. an army on the move, you will have issues like that. >> ladies and gentlemen, edward alexander. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] this weekend on american history tv on c-span 3, tonight at 10 p.m. eastern on reel america, the 1968 broadcast of the nixon answer, southern town hall. >> i do not believe that nuclear weapons should be used in vietnam. i do not think they are necessary to be used in vietnam. i think nuclear weapons should be reserved only for what we hope all never come, which i think great diplomacy can avoid and that is controvert -- a confrontation with a nuclear power. >> sunday at 6 p.m., we will tour the baseball americana exhibit which includes baseball's magna carta. pre-civil war documents that spell out the basic rules of the game. at 8:00 on the presidency, george w. bush, cokie roberts and fr

so they are sent back to fort monroe and once again need to be sent up the james river. an army on the move, you will have issues like that. >> ladies and gentlemen, edward alexander. [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> this weekend on american history tv on c-span3, today, the 30th anniversary of a tenement university. an 8:00 on the presidency, former first lady barbara bush's grandchildren and laura bush reflect on her life and legacy. watch this weekend on c-span3. >> this week on the communicators, reporter tim setter on voting machines and election security. >> the department of homeland security has been working to try and shore up their systems and scan systems for vulnerabilities. that is focused on the internet-based symptoms that post results or websites that store the voter registration database. they are not looking at modem transitions and voting machines to see if they are secure. they are not looking at tabulation machines. those are the cour

and james got -- somebody asked him to write that analyzes strategic monroe from cicero's brother who is his campaign manager. i talked to him and he goes holy shipped, this is like i could have written this memo. >> gideon those or something, he says would you do this thing about a number of cicero's brother, i don't know shipped. marriage says i love cicero. i said okay. it was so contemporary you would not believe it, he even called on to file fake lawsuits. i said we always think that we did something different, we invented something new, or we know something about politics. it was the same thing in cicero's time as the other day. go back and read what he said. it sounded so contemporary and it -- contemporaneous, it was very humbling to think that i've artie thought of this 2000 years ago, i thought it was a genius. >> beverly, lindsay multicampus of university california. for any of the panelists, the races in georgia for the for the governor, and the marginalized area -- era, but i also remember when tom bradley was well ahead for the governorship in california and lost conside