william henry harrison was a very ambitious leader from virginia. in his late 20's, he has made the territorial governor of indiana and almost immediately accelerates the process of treaty making and moving native lands into american control. william henry harrison would continue to have a great influence on the early years of what became indiana. he came from virginia and wanted to re-create indiana and the model of an aristocratic, slaveowning society. he had a lot of opposition. that opposition was led by a man named jonathan jennings, pushing for statehood even before the war of 1812. with the war over, now that bush resumed. jennings led a faction that really wanted to emphasize the rights of the common man, much more democratic, also outline, the northwest ordinance, any form of slavery in the state outlawed. ultimately his faction would prevail and determine the course of indiana over the next decades. after indiana achieved statehood, december, 1816, most of the early settlers were from the upper south, kentucky, virginia, north carolina. th

often times, people will find him confused with his grandfather, william henry harrison, who survived a month into his term of office. benjamin harrison was seven years old when his grandfather died. regiment harrison served a full four years. as president, he has a phenomenal legacy that is a little understood that we think is an opportunity to share that more deeply and to investigate what it means for the modern presidency. we were very lucky that our collection contains a lot of items that belonged to the harrison's, they had over 10,000 items. the family was very good at saving those items. that belong to or associate with benjamin harrison the third and the fourth, and william henry harrison. to an treasure for his family through the years. we are happy to have that very large collection. >> the harrison's are immigrants from the u.k. start, the the harrison's came into the united states and settled in virginia. were harrison's that served in public office from the early 1600s through the 1970's. for benjamin harrison, his great-grandfather was benjamin harrison the fifth. the s

his grandfather was william henry harrison, ninth president of united states. his own father don scott harrison served in congress, represented ohio. came from arison family that understood the value of serving in public life. he grew up right on the border between ohio and indiana. he studied at miami university in oxford, ohio and studied law in cincinnati. as he was finishing his law studies, he and his bride to be carolyn harrison were trying to decide where they wanted to make their lives. they considered staying in cincinnati. they thought about indianapolis. they thought about chicago and decided their prospects were best in indianapolis. carolyn harrison as she joined him and they had young children had just started to find some measure of success at the outbreak of the civil war. harrison had a really difficult decision to make as a rising lawyer and supreme court reporter whether he would hire substitute or wait and see what happened. he was called into governor morton office and was talking about lincoln's call for 300,000 new troops and harrison hear

the portrait on the left is william henry harrison. he is the governor of the indiana territory. he became the ninth president of the united states. when he ran for president, the campaign slogan was tippecanoe and tyler too. on my right is jonathan jennings, the first governor after indiana gained statehood in 1816. over the fireplace is oliver p morton, considered one of the most significant governors in indiana history. he was the governor of indiana during the civil war. we have portraits of other important people from indiana. on the corner here is a portrait that governor holcomb says will always stay, and that is madam cj walker. an african-american businesswoman from indiana, she made a million dollars or so, we think she is the first woman to be a millionaire with her cosmetics business. the table over here gets a lot of attention. this is the governors conference table. this table is 16 feet long, six feet wide, weighs 950 pounds. it is a beautiful work of art, solid wood. the state of indiana is embossed in the middle of the table. indiana has 92 counties in each count

so, 1840, the famous catchphrase propose william henry harrison and famous general into the white house. they are so happy they finally got a president and he died 30 days later. despite the fact history tells us he died of them on that it was later proven that but we will save that for another lecture. john tyler who was on the ticket was basically a democrat because they needed to win virginia and somebody that had given to the states rights skips town after the inauguration because he's prepared to accept the realities of how irrelevant the vice president is. so, when a messenger shows up at his house in the middle of the night delivering the telegram that the president is dead, john tyler who has studied understand the fight that is about to ensue and he knows the cabinet is going to disagree so he races back in th a very dramatic fashn in a combination of horse and carriage, boat and train and he proceeds to get into a fight with the cabinet and then spends the first three months arguing with congress about whether he's acting as president. even though they address mail to him as p

and william henry harrison dropped that in april 18, '41 the last founding father, james madison, hasbeen dead for four years and there is nobody to ask. i could go through close call after close call, but i will tell you three of my favorite stories. what is me kind of constitutionally geeking out so what the constitution said in 1865 when lincoln was assassinated, if there is a double vacancy, the president pro tem for ends up as an acting president and the secretary of state has the constitutional authority to make that happen and call special elections for the following november you go back to the evening of april 14, 1865, lincoln shot, andrew johnson would have been murdered had -- another part of the lincoln murder conspiracy went in to go kill william seward, secretary of state and seward was in his bed and stabbed him repeatedly. seward almost died. what happens if there is no secretary of state to make the president pro tem the acting president and call a special election was shockingly the constitution is very clear about this. the assistant secretary of state has the autho

it reminds me of william henry harrison's famous slogan, "tippecanoe and i will die after 31 days inice." ( laughter ) promises made. promises kept. the advisers claim the strategy is designed to appeal to younger voters who are unexcited by biden's candidacy. well, that's like trying to convince someone to marry you because of all the great stuff they'll get in the divorce. ( laughter ) next up on goin' down to donkey town, new jersey senator and man in coach staring longingly into first class, cory booker. senator booker didn't qualify for the december debate, but he's been getting some help on the campaign trail from his girlfriend, movie star rosario dawson. "the new york times" shared a curious tidbit about booker and dawson's relationship. when they're not together, the new jersey senator "reads her books over the phone, and sometimes leaves the day's passage on voice mail." that's how you get a movie star girlfriend? he better hope she never finds out about audible. ( laughter ) ( applause ) according-- according-- sure, audible. why not! sure! there you go. according to the "

creating a a of state funeral really wasn't sitting til our first president died in office william henry harrison. planned harrison's uneral they looked at how former presidents were mourned and it was from the model of and ngton and jefferson adams there were able to concoct state e new american funeral would look like and with arrison moving forward for sitting presidents it was usually a service in the east oom and remains to the rotunda and lie in state and usually a and then the n iing remains go back to the president's home state. that last part is important not se washington was entombed in the capitol. if he was what would have happened to the other presidents? would they you will be in the capitol? would some be there? from him forward they retire from politics and go back it life.e > let's talk about this place the white house historical association and washington was presidents our 45 who didn't live in the white house although he selected the irish architect who built the white house. ever see it? did he see it under construction? his way it once on ba back, he had left the presidency

the young aide aid fighting ate site of wayne at fallen timbers, william henry harrison will be the great. ten years of peace before the war of 1812 where it is finally settled come this country belongs to america and the british let go and the indians let go. he's given us time to build our nation. anthony wayne still is the command of the army. finally it's november, december 1796. he wants to come across the lake, get back to pittsburgh. that would be his headquarters and he says, the event of surveyor in hisor youth. there's a giant triangle between pittsburgh, cincinnati and detroit. if anything goes wrong, my nation needs me, in the week i can be at one of those points. he thought hes. would be general for at least another year, across the lake he gets an attack of gout. yes gout he's been sober for mueller and all kinds of diseases and they gout goes through him and he dies in december 1796. what's interesting is again it's not like thehe nation says how d we are, we have lost anthony wayne. anthony wayne in many ways was the past, the revolution. he open the door to the west but i

people will often find him confused with his father, william herrick -- william henry harrison.arrison served a full four years and as president he has a phenomenal legacy that is little understood but we think there is great opportunity to share that story more deeply and investigate what it means for the modern presidency. host: travel to indianapolis, indiana this weekend and follow all of our cities tour online at c-span.org/citiestour. today the hometown of president benjamin harrison. we will travel to communities all across the country, all of it available at c-span.org. we want to welcome back lisa davis, with the organization share our strength which is what? guest: share our strength is based on ending childhood hunger and poverty in the u.s. and worldwide. host: some news over the weekend from the department of housing and urban development showing that homelessness is on the rise. statistics in california doubling in the last year. guest: one of the things that most people don't realize is that the economic recovery has left a lot of families behind. nearly half of a