mr. hamlin, i am not well, have you any whiskey? mr. hamlin had banned the cell of liquor. he sent out of the building for a bottle. where did you get this? david: there were accounts by hamlin's son, but firsthand accounts of this exchange. brian: when the whiskey arrived, johnson down a tumbler straight. he announced his speech at noon would be the effort of his life. later you write, johnson's face glowed a luminous red. his sentences were incomplete and not connected to each other at the biggest moment of his life, on the most important states he had ever occupied, the man was drunk. tennessee has never gone out of the union. i'm going to talk to .5 minutes on that point and i want you to hear, tennessee has always been loyal. were they loyal during the civil war? david: any tennesseans were. many tennesseans were on both sides of the war. the government officially seceded. brian: there is something over history that rings on this next thing. sitting closest to the desk, the cabinet secretaries began to mutter amongst themselves, all of this is an wretched bad taste. th

mr. hamlin," he said, "i am not well." this is andrew johnson. "i need a stimulus. have you any whiskey?" vice president hamlin, a teetotaler, had banned the sale of liquor in the senate restaurant, to accommodate his guest, he sent out of the building for a bottle. by the way, where did you get this? david: there were accounts by, i believe, hamlin's son but there are first person accounts of this exchange. brian: when the whiskey arrived, johnson tossed down a tumbler of it straight. feeling reinforced, he announced that his speech at noon would be the effort of his life. later, you write johnson's face glowed a luminous red. his sentences were incomplete, not connected to each other at the biggest moment of his life and on the most prominent stage he had ever occupied, the man was drunk. your president is a plebeian, johnson announced. i'm a plebeian, glory in it. tennessee has never gone out of the union. i'm going to talk two and a half minutes on that point and want you to hear tennessee has always been loyal. were they loyal during the civil war? david: many t