the very top row were hand-painted by lucretia garfield. mrs. ield was very up on the latest trends and style of the day and she had a very good eye for art. she taught painting for a while. around the fireplace are hand-painted tiles. she painted the two top corner tiles. the other tiles were painted by the children. james garfield said that his wife had faultless taste. she chose her furniture very carefully. >> did she have the opportunity to host any events? >> she hosted a regular reception and it is fascinating that at one of those, a man by the name of charles guiteau, who would shoot the president two months later, met her and reported having a very pleasant conversation with her and liking her. of course, she gets malaria. there is fear that she might die. as she is recovering, it is thought she would do better at the jersey shore. guiteau is waiting for him at the railroad station and sees him escorting mrs. garfield and he cannot bring himself to shoot the president. >> that is in june. i want to pause for dramatic effect. just a short

the grandmother was also there garfield's mother. lucretia's father was still alive. lived to be 95. but it was garfield's mother who came to live there. she had raised her son to be president and even when mrs. garfield was ill, some speculation about who should be -- whether she would be able to return as hostess, there were some suggestions that old mother garfield would come to the white house and take over. there are some suggestions that that idea did not go over too well. host: joey on twitter asks, a lot of first ladies have a cause of their own. did mrs. garfield, in her brief time in d.c., have a cause? in fact, it became restoring the white house. guest: really interesting. there is one suggestion, and it is written in a letter by one of the first people in the united states, a woman, who was both blind and deaf, who had achieved higher education and was in touch with mrs. garfield. there was some suggestion that mrs. garfield was interested in working with people who were sight-impaired or hearing-impaired and developing educational outlets for them. but t

swain: lucretia garfield, or crete garfield, outlived her husband by 37 years. and we talked about how she spent much of that time trying to catalog and preserve her husband's history. well, we're going to return one last time to the house in mentor, ohio, and learn a bit more about how she did that. todd arrington: if james a. garfield were to walk into this house right now, he actually would not recognize this room, because when he was alive and living here in the home, this was actually the kitchen. after his death, lucretia garfield started to make some major changes to the property. this room was converted from the kitchen into this sort of open reception room. the most significant change that she made after his death was the construction of the nation's very first presidential memorial library. okay, now as we get to the top of the steps here, before we go into the memorial library, we come first to the memorial landing. and it's here that we find one of lucretia garfield's favorite portraits of her husband. this portrait was done by carolyn ransom who was

tonight we'll learn about lucretia garfield. and after the assassination, the next person to come into the white house, chester arthur, who did so without a first lady, and we'll learn how he handled that. to help us understand this interesting period in american history, carl anthony, who is the historian at the national first ladies library in canton ohio, he's also the author of "america's first families." well, carl anthony, the circumstances of the garfields' election in 1880 really helped to seal the president's fate. so tell us the story of where the party politics were at that time. anthony: well, you know, so many of the large issues that had continued in post-civil war era were really in large measure put to rest. you know, the transcontinental railroad had by this time, of course, been completed. the troops had been removed from the south during reconstruction. a lot of focus was basically on power and money. and that struggle within the republican party for who would control the party, which meant who woul

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announcer: this week on first ladies, influence image, we learn about lucretia garfield and mary macarthur mcelroy. lucretia was a believer in women's rights. when her husband, james garfield, was assassinated, she returned to ohio and made their home into an early version of a presidential library. chester arthur, a widower becomes president, mary macarthur mcelroy establishes white house social etiquette used by future first ladies for decades. lucretia garfield and mary arthur mcelroy this sunday night on c-span's original cities -- original series, first ladies. sundays at 8:00 p.m. eastern. on c-span3. announcer: philanthropist mike bezos, father of amazon.com founder jeff bezos, talked about his experiences from emigrating from cuba as a boy. this conversation about immigration takes place at the national constitution center in philadelphia. it is 30 minutes. [laughter] [applause] >> the immigrant sometimes is the one that best understands the concept of freedom and what america is all about. tell us about your experience as an immigrant. what did you feel? >> thank you for allowing

lucretia garfield and mary arthur mcelroy, this sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's original series, first ladies, influence and images. from arthur washington to michelle obama. sundays at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >> philanthropist mike bezos the father of amazon.com founder jeff bezos, talks about his experiences emigrating from cuba as a boy. this conversation with aspen's institute walter isaacson takes place at the walter -- at the national [applause] >> the immigrant sometimes is the one that best understands the concept of freedom and what america is all about. tell us about your experience as an immigrant. what did you feel? >> thank you for allowing me to be here. the conversations have been unbelievable. i am over the top already. we take for granted these discussions and conversations. it's unbelievable. so, go back to 1958, back in cuba, and i was at that time maybe 13, 14 years old. and i was fine. i was a teenager doing my thing, going to school, minding my own business. there was no thought of ever leavin

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lucretia garfield was an educated woman and a believer in women's rights.r husband was assassinated she returned to a cyano and ensure his legacy by me in their home to an early version of the presidential library. chester arthur, a widower becomes president and his sister fills the role of first lady. it establishes white house social etiquette is to future first ladies for decades. lucretia garfield and mary arthur mcelroy on c-span's original series, first ladies in the influence and image. for more the washington to michelle obama. sundays at 8:00 p.m. eastern as always we'll take your calls and you can join the conversation at facebook and twitter. "washington journal" is next. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] host: good morning, everyone. here are your headlines. nuclear iran talks have been extepided for the third time. now discussions will continue through monday. in greece in an economic u-turn the parliament proposed for a euro zone bailout. now the euro zone leaders m

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. >> this week on "first ladies: influence an image," we learned about lucretia garfield. when her husband james garfield was assassinated, she returned to ohio and ensured his legacy by making her home into an early version of the present shall ever -- presidential library. chester arthur's sister fills the role of first lady. lucretia garfield and mary arthur mcelroy, the sunday night on c-span's original series, " first ladies: influence an image," examining the first ladies and their influence on the presidency. from martha washington to michelle obama. on american history tv on c-span 3. >> this week, the "christian science monitor" heard about u.s. policy on climate change. gina mccarthy answered questions . this is just over one hour. >> good morning, everybody. i am the assistant director of content strategy from "the christian science monitor." we are so happy you could join us. thank you for packing and here this morning. we are so happy you could spend the morning with us. to give you a quick idea of how we will proceed, administrator mccarthy will give you open

. >> this week on "first ladies: influence an image," we learn about lucretia garfield and mary arthur nicole right -- mcelroy. lucretia garfield returned to ohio when her husband was assassinated to ensure his legacy by making their home into an early version of the presidential library. chester arthur, a widower, becomes president, and his sister fills the role of first lady and establishes white house social etiquette used by future presidents for decades. c-span's original series "first ladies: influence and image," examining the role of the women who filled the role of first lady. american history tv on c-span3. narrator: next weekend on c-span's "road to the white house," two nature political events in iowa, and we're the only place you can watch or listen to them in their entirety. friday night at 8:00 eastern we'll be live in cedar rapids for the democratic party hot of fame -- hall of fame dinner. all they saturday beginning at 11:00 eastern, we will be live in aims for the family leadership summit where nine leading republican presidential candidates are scheduled to speak. o

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lucretia garfield was an educated woman and a believer in women's rights when her husband james garfield was assassinated, she returned to ohio and ensured his legacy by making their home into an early version of the presidential library. chester arthur, a widower, becomes president and his sister, mary arthur mcelroy fill the role of first lady and establishes white house social etiquette used by future first lady's for decades. lucretia garfield and mary arthur mcelroy this sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern. from martha washington to michelle obama, sundays at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span three. >> on c-span today, "washington journal" is next. the u.s. house returns at 9:00 to work on the bill to reauthorize national institutes of health funding for three years. coming up in 45 minutes congressman bobby scott of virginia is here to discuss the no child left behind bill and other education issues. at 820 a.m., look at the impact of the environmental protection agency. our guest is congressman bruce westermann of arkansas. >> at 10:00 a.m., we will see the confeder

. >> this week on first ladies, influence and ladies influence and image, lucretia garfield and mary arthur mcelroy. an educated woman in the believer in woman's rights husband was assassinated. she returned to ohio and insured's legacy by making their home into an early version of the presidential library. chester arthur a widower becomes president, and his sister, mary sister mary arthur mcelroy fills the role first lady and establishes white house social etiquette used by future first ladies for decades. lucretia garfield mary arthur mcelroy this sunday night at eight pm eastern on c-span2 original series first ladies, influence and image amazing thing the women who fill the position and their influence on the presidency from martha washington to michelle obama sundays at 8:00 p.m. eastern american history tv on c-span2. >> next from chicago florida senator and republican presidential candidate marco rubio talk about economic policy and the use of technology to foster job creation. he takes questions he takes questions about immigration, healthcare, and the national debt. this too

. >> this week on first ladies, we learn about lucretia garfield. she was an educated woman and a believer and women's rights. when her husband was assassinated, she returned to ohio and a short his legacy by making their home into an early version of the presidential library. chester arthur, a widower becomes president, and his sister fills the role of first lady. she establishes white house social etiquette. lucretia garfield and mary arthur this sunday night on a pm eastern on c-span's original series first ladies, examining the women who filled the role of first lady and their influence on the presidency -- from martha washington to michelle obama. on american history tv on c-span3. >> c-span gives you the best access to congress. live coverage of the u.s. house congressional hearings and news conferences, bringing you events that shape public policy. every morning, washington journal's live with elected officials, policymakers, and journalists. and your comments my phone facebook, and twitter. created by america's cable companies and brought to

. >> lucretia garfield was a believer in rights when her husband james garfield was assassinated she returned to ohio and ensured its legacy by making their home in twin early version of a presidential library. chester arthur becomes president and his sister fills the role of first lady and establishes social etiquette used by future first lady's for decades. this sunday night at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span's original series first ladies, influence and image, examining the women who know the position of his lady and their influence on the presidency. sundays at 8 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >> one of his stumps included the center for strategic and international studies where he talked of relations with the u.s. and vietnam's role in global affairs. this is an hour. >> the general secretary was born, study literature at vietnam university and obtain a graduate degree from the ho chi minh national academy of political and public administration. early on he began to work for the communist review, a radical and political organ of the communist party, the vietnamese cent

lucretia garfield was an educated woman and a believer in women's rights. en her husband president james garfield was assassinated, she returned to ohio and ensured his legacy by making their home into an early version of a presidential library. chester arthur, a widower, becomes president and his sister, mary arthur mcelroy fills the role of first lady and establishes white house social etiquette used by future first lady's for decades. lucretia garfield and mary arthur mcelroy this sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's original series, first ladies: influence and image. from martha washington to michelle obama. sundays at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. washington journal continues. greta wodele brawner: we are back. here to talk about the fiscal health of the states in this country is eileen norcross. she is state and local policy project erector at george mason university's mercatus center out with a new report looking at the ranking of which states are doing the best and worst. let's talk about what categories you looked at

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lucretia garfield, was an educated woman and a believer in women's rights. when her husband, president james garfield was assassinated, she returned to ohio and made their home into an early version of a presidential library. chester arthur, it would work becomes president -- a widower because president and his sister-in-law but comes first lady. she establishes etiquette that is used by white house ladies for decades. c-span's original series "first lady's" examine the women and their influence on the white house from martha washington to michelle obama. sundays at 8:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span 3. >> the ceremony in south carolina removing the commit -- and the confederate flag. a discussion on islamic extremism in the middle east and south asia. after that, press secretary josh earnest talks with reporters about the resignation of the office of personnel management director and other news of the day. >> with the crowd chanting "usa" highway patrol officers removed the confederate flag that flew over the state house. governor nikki haley was in

lucretia garfield and mary arthur mcelroy, this sunday night at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span's original series first ladies can influence an image. examining the one who filled the position of first lady and their influence on the presidency from martha washington to michelle obama "sundays at eight" p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >> c-span to brings you the best access to congress live debate and vote from the senate floor hearings and current public policy events, and every weekend its booktv with nonfiction books and authors live coverage of book festivals from around the country and be behind the scenes look at the publishing industry. c-span2, the best access to congress and nonfiction books. >> the senate today continues work on changes to the no child left behind law. their version we get state and local governments more control over education policy and testing. centers will be going through amendments

lucretia garfield and mary arthur mcelroy. "first ladies: influence and image."mining the first ladies and their influence on the presidency, from martha washington to michelle obama. american history tv on c-span3. announcer: washington journal continues. host: we are back with senator mark warner, democrat from virginia. you are here to talk about the gig economy. how big is it? guest: the gig economy -- not everybody agrees with the term. where there it is called the on demand economy, sharing economy. think of the idea of someone who is a uber driver for some of the time, ambien be. it is two or three revenue streams coming together to form a type of employment. some of this is coming about after the recession because people lost their 9-to-5 jobs and had to cobble together a variety of resources. smillennials have bumped my age group off the stage and are now 3 million strong. they are doing this by choice. they do not want to work nine to five, cobbling together these new type of employment sources. it is the fastest-growing part of the whole economy. there

. >> this week on first ladies influence and damage, lucretia garfield and mary arthur mcelroy. an educated woman and a believer in woman's rights when her husband president james garfield was assassinated she returned to ohio and insured his legacy. chester arthur a widower becomes pres. and his sister mary arthur mcelroy fills the role of first lady and establishes white house social etiquette used by future first ladies for decades. this sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span original series first ladies influence and damage examining the women who fill the position of first lady and their influence on the presidency from martha washington to michelle obama sundays at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv. >> congressman bobby scott is the democrat on the house education committee. we talked about the effort to revise the no child behind law and other education issues. issues. this is a half hour. >> joining us now representative bobby scott and ranking member of the educational workforce committee. >> thank you for coming by. we start on the future your thoughts not

we learned about lucretia garfield she was an educated woman and a believer in women's rights when her husband president james garfield was assassinated she returned to ohio and insured's legacy by making an early version of a presidential library. chester arthur, a widower becomes president and his sister feels the role of first lady and establishes a white house social etiquette. this sunday night at 8:00 on c-span's original series, examining the women who fill the position of first lady for martha washington to michelle obama. >> in a recent referendum greek voters rejected bailout terms. they will temporarily close their banks while leaders consider ending their use of the euro currency. greases prime minister addressed the parliament asking for a bailout on more favorable terms. you will also hear from members of the european parliament. this part of the debate is an hour. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [applause] prime minister tsipras: thank you very much, mr. president. president, and esteemed members it is an honor to address you today and the democr

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we learn about lucretia garfield. she was an educated woman and a blevertpwhreefer women's rights. when her husband was assassinated she returned to ohio and made their home into an early version over the presidential library. chester arthur becomes president and his sister fills the role of first lady and establishes white house social etiquette used by future first ladies for decades. this sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's original series "first ladies: influence and image." from martha washington to michelle obama. sundays at 8:00 p.m. eastern. american history tv on c-span 3. >> thursday in the u.s. house, leadership pulled the environment and spending bill from the floor following a disagreement that would allow the current national park services follows stand which allows national cemeteries that to decorate the greys of civil war veterans with confederate flags. here are the washings against the amente amendment. >> i have an amendment at the desk. for what purposes does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> i have an amendment at the desk. >> the cl

lucretia garfield and mary arthur mcelroy. this sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's original series first ladies, influence and image. examining the women who filled the position of first lady from martha washington to michelle obama. sundays at 8:00 p.m. eastern. american history tv on c-span3. >> c-span gives you the best access to congress. live coverage of the u.s. house, congressional hearings, and news conferences. bringing you events that shape public policy. and every morning, "washington journal" is live with elected officials, policymakers, and journalists, and your comments by phone, facebook, and twitter. c-span, created by america's cable companies and brought to you as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider. >> the u.s. house has been in a break before starting legislative work for the day. and just a few moments, live here on c-span. a busy day is expected ahead. members will be considering a number of bills, including ones on education and the environment. later on, votes on amendments to the interior and e.p.a.

in 1876, garfield's son neddie died and this time both he and lucretia were able to mourn together. it brought this couple together because they could share the grief. in 1879, a series of political events take place that are almost mind boggling that no one could have predicted. republican leader of the house of representatives was james blaine of maine. blaine decides he'd rather be a senator. in those days senators are not elected by the people nature they are elected by the state legislatures. so blaine goes to the legislature in maine he says i want to be senator. they said fine. it leaves vacant the leadership of the republican party in the house. the republicans were then the minority. and they select garfield to be the republican leader. so in today's terms, he's nancy pelosi. he is the leader of the minority party in the house and he is thrilled. he thinks this is great. he loves the house. he's happy as can be, and he is the lead erszer of the republicans there. this is the last years of the presidency of the ruther ford b haze. we'll talk about him because he's such a goo