sort of straddles the 20th century. monroe has not had a big, seminole biography. he was the only southern senator who had not left at the time the states seceded. thank you, susan. john wilkes booth.
the first is public persuasion.
in fact, if you watch it, you are not seeing news, you are hearing "analysis." to most people -- for example, historically, he is a coda to the nixon administration, an accident of history who had to finish off whatever nixon didn't finish. yes, that john dean of watergate fame, who knows a thing or two about presidential scandals. we are thrilled to have you. douglas: i rank john f. kennedy quite high. do you know where they are? i got really into it. Richard Norton Smith First of all, this historian is in his office in the Abraham Lincoln's Presidential library -- work in progress. there is almost a mythological underpinning to both lincoln and kennedy because of those untimely and ugly premature deaths. but his single lowest score, and the folks in mount vernon have been working hard to help us all understand this, 13th in equal justice for all. and edna, you are a specialist and of this broad but immensely admirable experiment of which we are all embarked.
Reading Richard Norton Smith’s fat biography is a task “Rocky” himself, who had severe dyslexia, probably couldn’t have completed. near the gardens was the little white house of fdr, state park. there were no public opinion polls. announcer: this is american history tv on c-span3 where we feature 48 hours of programs exploring the nation's past. our motivation was c-span's 40th anniversary, but what a week we picked for this book to come out on presidential leadership. whoy house, the only people blood for the kennedys. so what we did was send a survey out to 100 historians. in the constitution, there is not as much said about it as you would imagine. douglas: everyone should go visit springfield, illinois, if you can. thomas jefferson was also a fine writer. ok, you won't be surprised at number 40. warren harding. professor john swain is a teacher at the university of maryland.
[applause] susan: good evening, everybody.
and who is most underrated? actually, he uncovered papers of warren harding that were previously unknown to biographers, and he argues that he deserves a little bit better than the place the historians have given him. right here you see the anger and destruction. i figure i have about another year and a half or so, and the book will appear in 2021. brian: why should we care about a biography on gerald r. ford? there was a great bit of pride that ohio produced that many presidents and a little bit like what richard was saying -- my mom was a teacher and all of that in high school. evers. in 1960, scientists were chosen as "time"'s people of the year. lincoln being a child of illinois, never having slaves, that brings his number up quite a bit. seen this evolve over the last couple decades. He also talked about the restoration. theers are supposed to take lead. and ultimately, they deregulated the financial services and they tried to deregulate airlines.