old tippecanoe.rian: that is the county in which lafayette is in. this is kind of jumping around, but one of the things that was hard to believe was when you talk about the campaign for president, there were 30,000 people that came to lafayette, went to battleground for a rally on behalf of william henry harrison. i don't know where they fit them all, but that is a huge crowd even compared to the recent campaign. ronald: it is amazing the reaction he got. there was such a huge crowd, they actually built a tent, which was supposed to hold 30,000 people. but it was a nice day, so they did not need it. people came from miles around to see this event and take part in the campaign for william henry harrison. there were a lot of speeches, fireworks, and a lot of hard cider that was handed out free, which probably was one of the big draws. brian: on the cover of your book, how the rollicking 1840 campaign of tippecanoe and tyler too change presidential elections forever. what is it mean, tippecanoe and tyle

was thehenry harrison hero of the battle of tippecanoe. he had been one of the regional candidates for president in 1836, when henry clay decided he did not want to make the run again. and he was the largest vote-getter among all of the regional candidates. addition to the race in the person of general when phil scott, who was a career military officer and had just distinguished himself in upstate new york. not, was, believe it or internal strife across the canadian border and scott earned a lot of kudos among upstate new yorkers for his skillful handling and keeping things on the correct side of the border. and those are the three candidates put forward at this convention. henry thought -- because clay from nomination if he wanted it, and he came in with a substantial lead in the delegate count -- if it had been a straight up-and-down vote, each ,elegate voting the conscience clay probably would have walked out of there as the nominee, but the anti-clay forces came up with a plan. him and wouldwart prevent the nomination of harrison or sc

under the banner of to the canoe and tyler too -- tippecanoe and tyler too. >> american history tv is in harrisburg, the state capital of pennsylvania. the capital building was dedicated in 1906, and then president the it are roosevelt said it was the handsomest capital he'd seen. up next we will take you inside and show you around. >> this is our third state .apital in harrisburg the second one was an interim capital. this third one was commissioned in 1901, built 1902 to 1906. are building was designed in what is called the american renaissance style. itit is a building that tries to incorporate as many european architectural motives and styles into it as possible. inside and out, it has an astronomical amount of ornamentation, both here and all the gold lefaing. -- leafing. the principal chambers are amazing. it's an amazing work of art. as you are walking in, we are to the west of the main entrance facing the susquehanna river out towards state street. as you approach the exterior staircase, you walk into the center and the rotunda opens before you. the rotunda rises up to the top

shafer discusses his book, "the carnival campaign: how the rollicking 1840 campaign of 'tippecanoe ander too' changed presidential elections forever." brian: ronald shafer, why did you write a book called "the carnival campaign"? ronald: for two reasons. i live in williamsburg, virginia, right next door to where william henry harrison and john tyler were born. they ran the first modern presidential campaign with rallies and presidential speeches.

the hearing -- the hero of the battle of tippecanoe. safe, we also will put on harrison's ticket, a democrat. a democrat critical of jackson. a virginia planner. he thought jackson was too cavelike. so we throw a democrat on there. no problem here. look at that. win therwhelmingly election and for the first time they control the house, senate, .residency henry clay rubbing his hands, he is ready to go. speech, a storm comes through washington, d.c.. pouring down rain. rain, william henry harrison, 68-year-old, he comes down with pneumonia and dies one month later. unbelievable. now, john tyler is president. totally not what we planned, clay says. that's ok. tyler is not jackson, at least. jackson isn't enough this. we are going to push through a new bill. clay pushes through a new bill for a bank. this time he calls it something different. he calls it the fiscal bank. it flies through the house, the senate. gets on john tyler's bill, veto. clay can't believe it. clay pushes through another bill, this time we won't even call it a bank. t

the hero of the battle of e incal new -- tippecano 1811, william henry harrison. we're also going to put on harrison's ticket a democrat. criticalt who was very of jackson, john tyler, who is a virginia planter. he was a jeffersonian, but thought jackson was to king like -- too king like. they were right. look at that landslide for the whigs. they overwhelmingly win the election. the first time, they control the house, the senate, the presidency. rubbing his hands. he is ready to go. william henry harrison delivers his inauguration speech. a storm comes through washington, d.c., pouring down rain. that rain,speech, in william henry harrison, 68 years old, comes down with pneumonia and dies. now john tyler is president. totally not what we planned. that is ok, we're going to -- tyler is not jackson, at least. we are going to push through a new bill. clay pushes through a new bill for a bank. this time he calls it something different. .e calls it the fiscal bank it flies through the house, it flies through the senate. gets on john tyler's desk. veto. clay can't beli

euro of the battle of the canoe in 18 -- the winner of the battle of to the canoe -- the battle of tippecanoe. planner,r, a virginia was a jeffersonian, but he thought jackson was too kin g-like. they were right, look at that landslide. they overwhelmingly win the election. they control the house, the senate, the presidency. henry clay, rubbing his hands, ready to go. william henry harrison delivers his inauguration speech. a storm comes through washington dc, pouring down rain during the speech. in that rain, william henry harrison, 60 years old, comes down with pneumonia and dies one month later. unbelievable. now, john tyler is president. totally not what we planned, clay says. that's ok. tyler is not jackson, at least. we are going to push through a new bill. clay pushes through a new bill for a bank. this time he calls it something different. he calls it the fiscal bank. it flies through the house, the senate. gets on john tyler's bill, veto. clay can't believe it. clay pushes through another bill, this time we won't even call it a bank. that's how much the country hates banks. they call

announcer: ronald schaffer, author of the book "the carnival campaign, how the campaign of tippecanoe and tiger to change presidential elections forever." president franklin d roosevelt appointed general george c. marshall u.s. army chief of staff in 1939. up next, king college london visiting professor andrew roberts discusses marshall's role in america's world war ii victories. he argues that general marshall's skills as a strategist transformed the u.s. army despite opposition from president roosevelt and winston churchill. the new york historical society hosted this event. it is just over 50 minutes. >> we are so very pleased to welcome back andrew roberts, the distinguished lehrman fellow at the new york historical society. tessa roberts is a fellow of the world historical society in london and a recipient of the 20 16th bradley prize. he also served as visiting professor in the war studies department at king's college london. in 2012, he was awarded the william penn prize. in 2007, he delivered the prestigious white house lecture. for his book "napoleon alive," professor roberts

announcer: ronald schaffer, author of the book "the carnival campaign, how the campaign of tippecanoe and tiger to change presidential elections forever." president franklin d roosevelt appointed general george c. marshall u.s. army chief of staff in 1939. up next, king college london visiting professor andrew roberts discusses marshall's role in america's world war ii victories. he argues that general marshall's skills as a strategist transformed the u.s. army despite opposition from president roosevelt and winston churchill. the new york historical society hosted this event. it is just over 50 minutes. >> we are so very pleased to welcome back andrew roberts, the di

shafer discusses his book, "the carnival campaign: how the rollicking 1840 campaign of 'tippecanoe and tyler too' changed presidential elections ."rever ronald shafer, why did you write a book called "the carnival campaign"? ronald: for two reasons. i live in williamsburg, virginia, right next door to where william henry harrison and john tyler were bo