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Eric21ND
09-04-2011, 10:31 AM
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"The Contenders" is a C-SPAN 14-week, live program about presidential contenders who lost the election but who had a lasting effect on U.S. politics in their time. Here's the first Roundtable discussion of the upcoming series. There's a brief Ron Paul reference and we're referred to as the "establishment". :eek:

The Contenders C-SPAN Series - Roundtable Discussion (http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/TheConten)

Eric21ND
09-23-2011, 02:17 PM
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Henry Clay
Born: April 12, 1777
Died: June 29, 1852
"I had rather be right than be President."

The Contenders C-SPAN Series - Henry Clay (http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/ClayPr)


1803: Representative of Fayette County in Kentucky (State Legislature)

1806 - 1807: Kentucky Senator

1807-1810: Kentucky House of Representatives (Speaker of the House)

1810-1811: Kentucky Senator

1811-1814: United States House of Representatives (Speaker of the House)

1815-1820: United States House of Representatives (Speaker of the House)

1823-1825: United States House of Representatives (Speaker of the House)

1824: U.S. Presidential Candidate

1825-1829: United States Secretary of State

1831-1842: United States Senator from Kentucky

1849-1852: United States Senator from Kentucky

1832: US Presidential Candidate – National Republic Party

1844: US Presidential Candidate – Whig Party

Eric21ND
09-23-2011, 02:24 PM
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James G. Blaine
Born: January 31, 1830
Died: January 27, 1893
"The United States is the only country with a known birthday."

The Contenders C-SPAN Series - James G. Blaine (http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/JamesBl)


1854 - 1859: Newspaper editor in Maine

1859 - 1862: Maine House of Representatives

1863 - 1876: U.S. Congressman from Maine

1869 - 1875: Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives

1876: Unsuccessful run for the Republican Party Presidential Nomination

1876-1881: United States Senator from Maine

March 1881 - December 1881: U.S. Secretary of State

1884: U.S. Presidential Candidate

1889 - 1892: U.S. Secretary of State