john quincy adams career in the house of representatives and in many ways historians i think very few have ever written about that time exclusively in john quincy adams career. he spent 17 years here at the house after serving president and had a distinguished career, was an outspoken opponent of slavery, and in many ways with somebody who foresaw of the disunion and that was going to occur over that great subject and he was just a stalwart on the subject and was a fierce defender of the constitution and american rights and, of course, defended the black slaves who had been the famous incidents on the amstad and john quincy adams actually took that to the supreme court and killed in an era when nobody thought he could -- in is a fascinating story of john quincy adams and his time post presidential and i think one of the few books ever written about that time. in his live. a book that i just finish when i got here to the house, of course, is the house historian's book called the house which is a short history of the house of representatives itself which is a great institution and has l

have read a number of biographies in the last year the red a wonderful book by the last crusade john quincy adams career and in many ways historians, very few have ever written about that period exclusively in john quincy adams career. he spent 17 years here of the house of representatives after president with a distinguished career an outspoken opponent of slavery. and in many ways was somebody who foresaw of the union that would occur over that great subjects. he was just a stalwart and a fierce defender on the constitution of american rights and of course, defended the black slaves who had the famous incident of thomas dodd and quincy adams took the case to the supreme court and prevailed when nobody thought that he could. it is a fascinating story of john quincy adams and his time post presidential. think it is one of the few books ever written about that period of time in his life. one book i just finished reading when i got here to the house is the house historian book called as the house. it is a short history of the house of representatives itself which is a great institution and has a lo

i started saying, john adams, i did not know john adams from john quincy adams from samuel adams when i was that age. not only did i not know who they were and really do my work in school with the history because i was not interested, but i did not even care that much in that period. i kind of had an idea that history was not real. we had a picture in our schools in chicago of george washington and abraham lincoln and everything seemed kind of laid out like it had happened sort of inevitably and have been in such a long time ago. i really didn't get interested in history until i was in my 30's or so and let me tell you how it happened. i was writing a book and doing some research about abraham lincoln, and i read about abraham lincoln having some conversation in a tent. i just don't remember all the details. it seemed fairly interesting and it was from one person's point of view who was there, and then i read another piece of historical writing from another person's point of view, who was there. all of a sudden, you know how like when you have one eye open, you can see depth because o

john adams. thas jefferson. s madison. james monroe. john quincy adam anew jackson. martin van buren. william henry harris.chary taylor. millfillmore. franklin p prce. james buchanan. abrahalilincoln. andrew johon. ulysses s. grant. rutherford b. haye james gaield. chesteter a. arthur. grover cleveland. benjamin hararrison. wiiam mckinley. eodore roosevelt. willlliahoward taft. woodrow wils. warren g. haing. cain coolidge. herbert hoover franklklinin d. roosevelt. dwight d. eisenhower. john f. kekennedy. ndon b. johnson. richard nixon. gerald r. ford. jimmy rter. rold reaga geororge h.w. bush. clinton. george w. bush. bara obabama.. >> wow. got all of them. >> yeah. >> but that wasn't backwards. >> it was not backwards. can you do it backwards? no, you don't want to do that backwards. what day of the week was july 6, 2002? >> july 6, 2002, july 6, 2002 was a saturday. >> that is right. it was a saturday. and what color socks was i wearing on that day? [ laughter ] i was born on november 13, 1967. who was presidenon that day? >> that day, lyndon johnson. >> that is right. and what was his first name? -- an

those rounds of gunfire were their way of demonstrating that they would take john quincy adams on againtried it again and the very same militia companies will become the core of support for andrew jackson in 1828. the insurrectionary impulse, this idea of insurrection, as a legitimate part of politics does go away. it goes away in the aftermath of the civil war, but it goes away in a particular way that should give us pause. the idea that the state should hold a monopoly on legitimate violence, and that the hallmark of citizenship -- that the hallmark of citizenship is obedience, and not the willingness to stand up against the government as necessary, did not come into american politics in 1877. the reaction to the trauma of the civil war, but largely it is response to the great strike of 1877, the nation's first labor uprising. it is fear that these striking workers, that gives revolution a bad name in american politics for the first time. in other words, it is the first stirrings of american anti-communism that drives the insurrectionary impulse out of american politics. now, my book,

john adams. >> john quincy adams. father had been president of the united states. bill clinton likes to show that one where he is shaking john kennedy's hands. john kennedy shook lots of people's hands. there is nothing special about bill clinton in that regard. bill clinton is dreams of this. in terms of i could really do this. okay. franklin roosevelt decides the way to get to the white house is to follow uncle ted's path. theodore roosevelt started out in new york legislature. that is what franklin is going to do. theodore then went to washington and became assistant secretary of the navy. that's what franklin roosevelt is going to do. theodore roosevelt came back to new york and was elected governor of new york. that's what franklin roosevelt is going to do. theodore roosevelt had six children. that's what franklin roosevelt is going to do. that is what he informed eleanor. [laughter] okay, now, oh i'm lecturing again i don't want to give away the whole story. i do have to tell you this really gets at crux of the personal story here because they do have six chil

john quincy adams referred to stephen douglas, he was little but one of the reasons for his comparative success is that the journalists everywhere compare him to a pugilist when he goes to speak. .. [applause] >> john satuffer is the chair of history of the university. he is the author of several books including the black parts of men which was the cowinner of the 2002 frederick douglass prize and runner-up for the lincoln price. for more information, visit johnstuafferbooks.org. >> in your book you argue modern conservatism was founded in the south. why? >> well, the reason i make that claim is i think often people talk about a southern strategy and capture of the south by the gop after the 1960's beginning with goldwater and then in mix since '72 election but i think in some ways the situation is the reverse that southerners played a key role in development of both, first in the conservative capture of the republican party itself, and then republican ascendance nationally. i think in certain ways a combination of southern segregationist politics and northern economic conservatism were

john adams and thomas jefferson, both of whom had served on that committee to write the declaration and jefferson was a principle author both died that day. and even john quincy adams says at the time in his writings that this appears to be the hand of providence, a recognition that america was an exceptional place, that it had god's, god's attention. >> host: we are live on this independence day weekend from mount vernon, virginia, with revolutionary war historian john ferling, biographer of both washington and adams. our next telephone call for him is from fairfax -- i'm sorry, first up david in tulsa, oklahoma. go ahead, david. >> caller: hi, thank you for c-span. your previous e-mail kind of stole my question -- >> host: i'm sorry. >> caller: tulsa, oklahoma, and many of my colleagues do believe that the founding of the nation and george washington was prove den cial. so i'll go with a question, do you believe that -- what was, what was president washington's position on slavery, and did he believe that eventually that it would be taken care of before civil war? >> host: thank you very much. >> guest: i'm glad you asked that question. i cut a response sho

he makes his way over to the biggest party animal in the room, john quincy adams. john quincy adams was not a party animal, but he liked to talk about these things. you do not see that in the picture. >> right, so many of his greatest works did not have his name attached. let's start with the young madison. this was somebody who remained, all his life, deeply rooted in his virginia -- gentry. how does that -- how did his virginia roots affect the intellectual character that he brings to the constitutional convention and his other great achievements. >> as is almost always the case, indeed very early years of everyone's life, it is not recorded with the same thoroughness. there's a lot the we do not know about his early years. certainly, going to princeton is a big move for him. however, a lot of virginians are doing that. i am going to say something controversial. his virginia roots prevent them from being the nationalist that he wishes to be. mainly, he goes into a very nationalist phase and we will talk about this. in the 79 is, and even through his presidency, he

john quincy adams career here in the house of representatives and in many ways historic hands i thinkvery few historians have written about that. mecca exclusively in john quincy adams career. he spent 17 years here in the house of representatives after serving as president and had a distinguished career, was an outspoken poets-- opponent of slavery and in many ways was somebody who foresaw of the disunion that was going to occur over that great subject, and he was just a stalwart on the subject. and he was a fierce defender of the constitution and american rights and of course defended, defended the black slaves who had been in the famous incident and john quincy adams took that case to the supreme court and prevailed in a year when nobody thought he could, so it is a fascinating story of john quincy adams and his time's presidential, and i think it is one of the few books ever written about that period of time in his life. a book that i just finished reading when i got here to the house is of course, the house historian's book about robert remini's book called the house, which is a

in addition to thomas jefferson, james madison, james monroe, john quincy adams, dean atchison and henry kissinger, her predecessors also include able parker upsure and others. she's the 22nd secretary of state to serve in the u.s. senate, the 15th to hail from the great state of new york, the third woman and the first former first lady. and while i'm citing statistics, i thought i would also mention, in case anyone is interested, that no less than six secretaries of state have gone on to be president. [laughter] >> secretary clinton, it is a pleasure and it is an honor to welcome you here to the council on foreign relations. madam secretary, i trust you will not take it the wrong way when i say, break a leg. [laughter] [applause] >> oh, thank you very much, richard. and i am delighted to be here in these new headquarters. i have been often to, i guess, the mother ship in new york city, but it's good to have an outpost of the council right here down the street from the state department. we get a lot of advice from the council so this will mean i won't have as far to go to be told what we

in addition to thomas jefferson, james madison, james monroe, john quincy adams, dean acheson, and henry kissinger, her illustrious predecessors all include able parker, and bainbridge colby. she is the 27 secretary of state to have shared the u.s. senate, the 15th from the great state of new york, the third woman, and the first former first lady. while i am citing statistics, of ottawa also mentioned it is i thought i would also mention that no less than six secretaries of state have gone on to be president. [applause] [laughter] secretary clayton, it is a pleasure and honor to welcome your to the council on foreign relations. madam secretary, i trust you will not take it the wrong way when i say, break a leg. [applause] >> thank you very much, richard. i am delighted to be here in these new headquarters. i have been often to the mother ship in new york city, but it is good to have an outpost of the council by here down the street from the state department. we get a lot of advice from the council, so this will mean i do not have as far to go to be told what we should be doing and how we

jefferson both new served on that committee to write the declaration, both died that day even john quincy adams says at the time in his writings that this appears to be the hand of providence, a recognition that america was an exceptional place and had it god's attention. >> host: we are live on this independence day weekend from melbourne in virginia with revolutionary war historian john ferling biographer of washington and adams. the next call is from tulsa oklahoma. >> caller: thank-you for c-span. the previous e-mail stole my question as i teach history and many of my colleagues do believe that the founding of the nation and george washington was providential so i will go with a question, do you believe, what was president washington's position on slavery? did he believe the eventually it would be taken care of before the civil war? >> guest: i am glad you asked that question broke i cut a response short-term just before the break on a question. i think before the revolutionary war, washington did not give very much thought to slavery at all. he was a slave owner and a number of his slaves

write the declaration and jefferson was the principal author, they both died that day and even john quincy adams says during the time of his writings it appears to be that and of providence the recognition that america was an exceptional place because ahead god's attention. >> host: real-life on this independence day weekend from mount vernon virginia with revolutionary war historian john ferling biographer of washington and adams. the next call from tulsa of oklahoma. >> caller: thank you c span's. the previous e-mail stole my question. many of my colleagues do relieve the founding of the nation and george washington was providential so i won't go with a question do you believe what was president washington's position on slavery? did he believe he eventually would be taking care of before the civil war? >> guest: i am glad you asked that question. i cut the response short just before the break. for the revolutionary war washington did not give very much thought to slavery at all. he was a sleeve up -- slave owner and his numbers were growing. there is no indication in any of his writings that h

in addition to thomas jefferson, james madison, james monroe, john quincy adams, dean acheson and henry kissinger, her predecessors also include frederick theodorefriel housing and bainbridge homely. [laughter] >> she is the 27th secretary of state to have served in the u.s. senate. with 15 to hail from the great state of new york. the third woman and the first former first lady. and while i am citing statistics, i thought i would also mention, in case anyone is interested, that no less than six secretaries of state have gone on to be president. [laughter] >> secretary clinton, it is a pleasure and it is an honor to welcome you here to the council on foreign relations. madam secretary, i trust you will not take it the wrong way when i say, break a leg. [laughter] [applause] >> thank you very much, richard, and i am delighted to be here in these new headquarters. i have been i guess the mothership in new york city, but it's good to have an outpost of the council right here down the street from the state departme department. we get a lot of advice from the council, so this will mean i won