william howard taft dedicated the one in cincinnati but neither he nor his brother charles. bernard didn't show up. the u.s. ambassador did show up after hemming and hawing for a while. the highest ranking british official, and no national representation. they got the statue and the local newspaper nicely observed, london in possessing the statue will have lincoln the president. manchester has lincoln the man. and it was especially appropriate that this kind of scruffy lincoln would end up in manchester because of its identity as a working class city. i spent some time in pittsburgh as an undergraduate, and kind of similar in their vibe. and it was also appropriate given that same correspondent in the winter of 1862 and 1863 and lincoln and the self-described working man of manchester. this wasn't present at the original location, but the statue was moved to a city center location, which you can see here and on the base of the statue, you might be able to make out some words and those words are excerpt from that correspondence between lincoln and the working men of mancheste

when eisenhower became president, he put up william howard taft and george washington replacing truman's jefferson and madison. president kennedy succeeded president eisenhower, removing taft and putting thomas jefferson and andrew jackson facing one another. skip ahead a little bit. ronald reagan, about whom you will hear more, put thomas jefferson and calvin coolidge side-by-side. strange bed fellows. you know you're in miami when you hear oo. george h.w. bush had champ that jefferson, abraham lincoln theodore roosevelt and ike. william jefferson clinton thomas jefferson, abraham lincoln, and george washington. he took down ike. george w. bush returned to ike and may not be the worst thing he did as president about removed abraham lincoln's picture from the wall. our current president, president obama, has put up harry hard harry truman, george washington, thomas jefferson and theodore roosevelt. he has lincoln in another room. in the oval office. so when it came to hanging portraits in the white house cabinet room, presidents number 40 through 44 all had one predecessor in common thom

when eisenhower became president, he put up william howard taft and george washington replacing truman jefferson madison. president kennedy succeeded president eisenhower removing task in putting thomas jefferson and andrew jackson facing one another. skipping ahead a little bit. ronald reagan, whom you will hear more but thomas jefferson and calvin coolidge side-by-side. strange fellow. you know you are in my enemy when you hear always day. george herbert walker bush had thomas jefferson, abraham lincoln, theodore roosevelt and eight. william jefferson clinton, thomas jefferson, abraham lincoln and george washington. he took down train six. george w. bush returned ike and may not be the worst thing you did as president, but he removed abraham lincoln's picture from the wall. our current president, president obama has put up harry truman, george washington, thomas jefferson and theodore roosevelt. he has lincoln in the oval office. so when it came to hanging portraits in the white house cabinet room president number 40 through 44 all had one predecessor in common. thomas jefferson. so

popular votes than one of the major party nominees so it was wilson, roosevelt, and then poor william howard taftt the bottom, and nick longworth felt obligated to stay loyal republican, and alice, of course, was siding with her father and that brought a lot of tension to the marriage and when a -- a lot of public attention and was probably the beginning of the time when people start to talk about alice threatening divorce and so they sort of had a seesaw marriage for years. in the franklin roosevelt case, you're correct it was the fall of 1918, i believe -- that -- when eleanor discovers the letters, the lucy mercer letters in franklin's luggage and that sort of a real blow to eleanor and really sort of changed -- under fingerprint yale changed the marriage and changed eleanor, and yes before then, ali was as part of her malicious activities, when eleanor would take the children up to camp abelia the roosevelt summer home, alice would invite lucy mercer to dinner, and franklin to dinner, and she said famously to -- remarked when someone took her to task for that she said i feel sorry for frankli

william howard taft is buried here in 1930 and certainly bucks the trend that had been established byburied you know at their -- in their hometown. >> reporter: when president kennedy was buried here demand to be buried at arlington national cemetery skyrocketed. >> yeah. >> reporter: what happened? >> tripled or quadrupled every year. so if we think of it in terms of this is really the first time there was a televised full honors funeral at arlington national cemetery and much like decoration day propelled arlington it becoming the premiere national military cemetery in the 1800s. to me president kennedy's funeral, televised funeral, is a big turning point for the cemetery in the 20th century. and when people see what it truly means to be buried here at arlington national cemetery among full honors that really increases the demand the desire to be buried at this place. at this most sacred shrine. >> reporter: each year americans from across the country visit these hallowed grounds to pay respects to relatives who were buried at arlington. my maternal grandparents are here. that's my

william howard taft is buried here in 1930 and it certainly bucks the trend that had been establishedwashington of a president being buried you know at their -- in their home town. >> when president kennedy was buried here demand to be buried at arlington national cemetery skyrocketed. what happened? >> tripled or quadrupled every year. so if we think of it in terms of this is really the first time there was a televised full honors funeral at arlington national cemetery and much like decoration day propelled arlington to becoming the premier national military cemetery in 1800s. to me president kennedy's funeral, televised funeral, is a big turning point for the cemetery in the 20th century. and when people see what it truly means to be buried here at arlington national cemetery among full honors that really increases the demand the desire to be buried at this place, at this most sacred shrine. >> each year americans from across the country visit these hallowed grounds to pay respects to relatives who are buried at arlington. my maternal grandparents are here. that's my grandfather, vi

a man who once worked as a congressional page -- listen to this -- during the presidency of william howard taft. that page provided some very good information don said, even if he kept falling asleep several times during the interview. here's how "roll call" once described don ritchie -- the senate's memory keeper. it's fitting then that the senate voted recently to designate don ritchie as his for i don't know emeritus. it's not like -- as historian emeritus. it's not like he plans to slow down in retirement anyway. historians never retire, don says. they just have more time to research. along with the research, don also plans to spend more time with his three beloved grandchildren and to do some traveling with his wife ann. the senate wishes him the very best in retirement and sends its heartfelt congratulations to a man who has been an institution around here for four decades. four decades. the senate would also like to offer its congratulations to betty coen who has been announced by the secretary of the senate as our next senate historian. we also wish kate scott well in her promotion to a

nothing but hand-me-downs but nonetheless, our only president and also be on the supreme court, william howard taft, because of the political ties he was in a position to seek and get funding for a new building. he didn't get to be chief justice in the new building, but in a documentary that was done not too long ago, i was not aware but it pointed out that when the justices for the supreme court were taken through this new supreme court building in 1935 showing them their new chambers the new court that many of them were appalled. they were shocked because it appeared to be -- for them to be a palace. they got a -- didn't even have a room for a while. then they get the hand-me-down from the old old senate chamber. now they're looking at a palace that they as justices were supposed to vfment the documentary pointed out -- supposed to have. the documentary pointed out that many of the justices didn't move to the offices for a long time because they felt it was inappropriate for justices in the united states of america to be in a palace. mr. speaker, some may not be aware but they're comfortable with