The American President: Happenstance

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  • @jimmyguitar2933
    @jimmyguitar2933 10 місяців тому +31

    In ten years we'll look back on every documentary like this with nostalgia. "Remember when we had a stable republic?"

    • @fshoaps
      @fshoaps 7 місяців тому +3

      The Republic was not 'stable' during the 1800s, bruh.

    • @MikeJonesU2gh
      @MikeJonesU2gh 7 місяців тому +1

      lol he says stable government? Yes slavery, women not voting, no regulations on child labor or building restrictions. Stable?

    • @MikeJonesU2gh
      @MikeJonesU2gh 7 місяців тому

      @RockyRepublican❤

    • @guillermofalla3102
      @guillermofalla3102 6 місяців тому

      @RockyRepublican the new right is not being violent

    • @MineralGPK
      @MineralGPK Місяць тому

      ​@@MikeJonesU2gh you guys are still butt hurt over thatbstuff as if it happened to you. You must be a regressive leftoid

  • @chrisgrech7992
    @chrisgrech7992 Рік тому +15

    No man ever entered the Presidency so profoundly and widely distrusted as Chester Alan Arthur, and no one ever retired ... more generally respected, alike by political friend and foe." The New York World summed up Arthur's presidency at his death in 1886: "No duty was neglected in his administration, and no adventurous project alarmed the nation." Mark Twain wrote of him, "It would be hard indeed to better President Arthur's administration."

  • @katrinag2623
    @katrinag2623 Рік тому +18

    This series is so well-done and enlightening - Thank you for your work on these documentaries.

    • @lifestoriesinterviews
      @lifestoriesinterviews  Рік тому +1

      Thank you! Be sure to visit our website www.lifestories.org for more great content and subscribe to our UA-cam channel!

  • @ronaldzent6321
    @ronaldzent6321 Рік тому +14

    Excellent history lesson on the presidency, nothing like this in any textbook.

    • @jonathankeim8239
      @jonathankeim8239 Рік тому +1

      Yes it is , the series originally aired on pbs in 2000 and then was released on dvd by Warner brothers which I own

    • @johnnotrealname8168
      @johnnotrealname8168 11 місяців тому +1

      There is a book actually.

    • @lynnfisher3037
      @lynnfisher3037 8 місяців тому

      That's just a supposedly small but in reality HUGE piece of the puzzle of the destruction of America from within. Who's behind it? The answers are right in front of us now. I
      It's called Progressivism. Wake up...the lights are back on in Boston's Old North Church.

  • @williamgregory1848
    @williamgregory1848 7 місяців тому +3

    39:24
    “It’s awful hard to live up to those [religious beliefs] but if a man comes as near it as he possibly can, he usually makes a good citizen.”
    So true 😢😢😢

  • @michaelwilliams7907
    @michaelwilliams7907 Рік тому +9

    After a president has had his term he ought to get out and give the other fellow a chance. Rest In Peace mr Truman. If that is not how the American Way should be I don’t know what is ??? Humility in the White House.

    • @johnnotrealname8168
      @johnnotrealname8168 11 місяців тому

      Uhhh...he was very unpopular. He could have gone on as by now he had precedent.

  • @ronaldzent6321
    @ronaldzent6321 Рік тому +19

    Think we could use a Harry Truman now, a real straight down to earth man. Who didn't seem to care about the trappings and title of the office itself. Think he tried his best, even if people didn't always agree with him

    • @grioulaloula8594
      @grioulaloula8594 Рік тому

      Truman was a great! He was an Everyman President.

    • @dcasper8514
      @dcasper8514 Рік тому

      YES !!! Harry Truman as a insecure man ?? Balderdash...

    • @johnnotrealname8168
      @johnnotrealname8168 11 місяців тому +1

      I would dispute parts of this, he was very sure of himself as President, rightfully so. However he was very all over the place, he vetoed the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 but used it numerous times (Ironically Democrats use it often.), whilst one must commend his Executive Order desegregating the Armed Forces he did not enforce it well, he bungled Korea by not pressing his advantage and winning and of course he used two nukes!!! Nonetheless his actions in beginning the Cold War were indeed commendable.

    • @jimmyguitar2933
      @jimmyguitar2933 10 місяців тому

      That time is long past. Now that everything is a media circus, all we're getting from now on is clowns.

    • @dcasper8514
      @dcasper8514 10 місяців тому

      Harry Truman knew that North Korea had China backing them.

  • @dougmarkham5113
    @dougmarkham5113 6 місяців тому +1

    Johnson was 5’10. Hardly short in 1865. His home is open for tours in Greenville, TN. Neat place. Also town where John Hunt Morgan met his end.

  • @joanmurphy2166
    @joanmurphy2166 Рік тому +6

    Thank you. I'm learning so much.

    • @lifestoriesinterviews
      @lifestoriesinterviews  6 місяців тому +1

      Thank you for watching! If you enjoyed this series, we recommend our four-part documentary series on Lincoln, available on the ‘Lincoln’ playlist on our channel. Remember to subscribe to our channel and enable notifications to stay updated with our latest releases!

  • @khalidalali186
    @khalidalali186 Рік тому +25

    Truman was sure someone special.

    • @jackthoma3600
      @jackthoma3600 Місяць тому

      @@khalidalali186 . Truman was an extremely poor money manager who drank too much

  • @jec1ny
    @jec1ny Рік тому +14

    Tyler is a fascinating character. He was the only president whose death in 1862 received no official acknowledgment in Washington. There was no formal tribute, state funeral, or proclamation of mourning. When Tyler expired, he was a newly elected member of the Confederate Congress. As of this post, he also has the rather unusual distinction of having a living grandson. It appears that both Tyler and his youngest son both were dirty old men who married younger women late in life and were busy begatting deep into their old age.

    • @dcasper8514
      @dcasper8514 Рік тому +1

      Just doing what comes naturally.

    • @roscomeon3965
      @roscomeon3965 Рік тому

      Obviously both had big hard 🍆🍆🍆🍆

    • @johnnotrealname8168
      @johnnotrealname8168 11 місяців тому

      Dirty old men? What the @#£% are you on about? It was fairly common at the time, it was not and would not be today illegal and of course who the @#£% cares? They both consented.

    • @millstodd8874
      @millstodd8874 6 місяців тому

      Tyler was born when Washington was president, had 15 children, & still has one living grandson. That's almost the entire life span of our country.

  • @dln7527
    @dln7527 Рік тому +16

    I'm always fascinated by the Presidency of Chester A. Arthur. I don't think he gets enough credit for the good that he did while in office.

    • @presidentialchronicles1099
      @presidentialchronicles1099 Рік тому

      You might want to check out the Presidential Chronicles series of UA-cam videos on Arthur. Lots of good stuff on his life and his presidency. ua-cam.com/play/PLWgnnGCEZVAQ-G7XHfhpRD2JMvt0ibj1P.html

    • @rickr3522
      @rickr3522 Рік тому +4

      And much to the surprise of his backers and the political establishment! Garfields death really impacted him.

    • @angelabolton4478
      @angelabolton4478 Рік тому +2

      Yes, particularly given his status as Roscoe Conkling's lap dog beforehand. A 180 that benefitted the country.

  • @Eazy-ERyder
    @Eazy-ERyder Рік тому +22

    Don Imus as Andrew Johnson...how appropriate

    • @JH-lu9lx
      @JH-lu9lx Рік тому +2

      I was thinking the same thing.

    • @waldolydecker8118
      @waldolydecker8118 11 місяців тому

      lol, how true....drunkard, stupid, and a racist....totally spot on

    • @FLAGSHIP-j3t
      @FLAGSHIP-j3t 4 місяці тому

      YOU DAMN RIGHT IMUS SHOUTED OVER THE RADIO "KNAPPY HEADED HOES" IN REFERENCE TO BLACK WNBA STARS

  • @KevinArchitect
    @KevinArchitect Рік тому +5

    Good soundtrack to these documentaries.

  • @mateuszmattias
    @mateuszmattias 5 місяців тому +1

    Seeing Harry Truman walking in Washington DC is fascinating. Sure he had security with him (especially after the failed attempt on his life in 1950), but still, imagine a US president going for a casual walk in the capital on a daily basis today.

  • @katiedarlin
    @katiedarlin Рік тому +61

    President fillmore? Alex Baldwin?

    • @usernamempk
      @usernamempk Рік тому +11

      Alec, not Alex.

    • @jamellfoster6029
      @jamellfoster6029 Рік тому +8

      Lol. Fillmore could easily pass for Trump's grandpa. It's possible as John Tyler has a living (elderly) grandchild and Trump is almost 80.

    • @RevLeigh55
      @RevLeigh55 Рік тому +4

      Tim Russert was listed as the voice of Fillmore, not Alec Baldwin.

    • @mykelscott4148
      @mykelscott4148 11 місяців тому +3

      I’m glad I’m not the only one who asked the question.

    • @janohare916
      @janohare916 11 місяців тому +4

      There is a physical resemblance between Fillmore and Baldwin.

  • @bluevol1976
    @bluevol1976 11 місяців тому +2

    Loved this! Well done. I agree with Harry. Naps are always a good idea.

  • @mattmorris2141
    @mattmorris2141 10 місяців тому +2

    I had only ever heard Andrew Johnson was a villain, and I'm from TN. I appreciated this objective historical look at the man. Like many, many in his generation, he couldn't see the African as an equal, but that didn't mean he had no redeeming qualities.

    • @lynnfisher3037
      @lynnfisher3037 8 місяців тому

      In villainly you must be thinking of the other Johnson.

    • @MrEzman99
      @MrEzman99 6 місяців тому

      Andrew Johnson is the worst President we ever had.

  • @jimtrack3786
    @jimtrack3786 9 місяців тому +2

    God Graced our American States with Harry Truman.

  • @dr.debbiewilliams
    @dr.debbiewilliams Рік тому +4

    At least there are a lot of people who said "Thank You". It's ironic that both Johnson's took office after the assassination of their Predecessor.

  • @shahrulamar5358
    @shahrulamar5358 Рік тому +9

    Until few years ago 2 of President Tyler grandsons were still alive !!! 😮😮

  • @matthewmorrison9344
    @matthewmorrison9344 Рік тому +9

    James Garfield would have survived his doctor was an idiot and Chester A Arthur stay drunk during his illness

  • @curtlindberg712
    @curtlindberg712 3 місяці тому

    Notice the black ribbons around the Capital pillars at Johnson's inageration. Wow

  • @DukeOfData
    @DukeOfData Рік тому +2

    Why did the skip over Teddy Roosevelt or Calvin Coolidge? TDR was a very significant president.

    • @CJ87317
      @CJ87317 Рік тому

      Probably because the producers felt that the ones they skipped over here were better covered in episodes with other themes.

  • @andiestewart7423
    @andiestewart7423 5 місяців тому

    How could it all go so wrong . Look where we are now 😢

  • @marknadratowski5728
    @marknadratowski5728 10 місяців тому

    Tyler has one of the best portraits. That's all I can say about him.

  • @billwheeler3687
    @billwheeler3687 Рік тому +2

    What? No segment on Coolidge? As the video ended, I thought I might have slept through it, which might seem appropriate. But you just left him out (and many would see that as appropriate, too).

    • @johnnotrealname8168
      @johnnotrealname8168 11 місяців тому +1

      Actually yeah that is a gross mis-step but I suspect they put him in a different category like one-term or caretaker as it were.

  • @JWROWE3
    @JWROWE3 Рік тому

    Very well done program. Interesting selections of "voices" as well. My only gripe is Teddy Roosevelt getting the "blink and you'll miss it" treatment. I'd have trimmed some of the time from Andrew Johnson and Chester Arthur to use for TR.

    • @rickr3522
      @rickr3522 Рік тому +1

      Well, he does get a significant amount of attention, so maybe that was the point.

    • @johnnotrealname8168
      @johnnotrealname8168 11 місяців тому

      Ehh, he is overrated anyway.

  • @haroldfadorka3816
    @haroldfadorka3816 Рік тому +2

    I found out how one feels when a sibling doesn't have a good opinion of another sibling.
    To be treated as untrustworthy and imply one can't be trusted because of being assumed a liar, thief and one to be watched closely or pay the consequences.
    The only choice is to forgive and hope things improve or remove yourself from the life of the wrong sibling.
    I chose to forgive and hope things improve and I finally got fed up and told the nasty sibling off and discontinued all communication.

    • @Cathleen7259
      @Cathleen7259 Рік тому

      Yes I agree whole heartedly and I cut them out of my life and they hired people who previously had been my friends and they have their narrative and my family has always believed that they were the ones who were telling them the truth about me and they were propegating their own misgivings of what they themselves were doing wrong and other people who they were involved with who lived in our neighborhood were doing drugs I have not ever dealt drugs or sold drugs and I have never been in the house or anything like that except when I went in and the place reeked of drugs that they smoked in their bedroom clothes closet and shut the bedroom doors on their little kids and left them out there for me and my little son to play with them and watch tv
      And I tried to help them to get off drugs but they turned on me once they heard about Tracy they hooked into him because they liked gay men and they had been doing prostitution out in Fountain Hills Az they told everybody that they were going to play bingo and they came home with allot of money 💰 a couple of times a week at night they had an apartment in Fountain Hills and they went back there because it was Matt Mc Kiernans house and he met her first as a prostitute and then they went to get married in Arizona and she wanted me to go play bingo when I was dating Barry and I told her that’s it your out of your mind and I said you think your meeting great men turning yourself into a piece of white trash. She was scared of me telling Daddy about her and I did not rat on people I kill rats 🐀 and most people do not respect people that go around telling about other people it’s a good way to kill yourself because they are syndicated and have always been there and why would I do that when you are around these satanic ritualistic people who are just trying to live their lives and they pretend they are your friends and they come like a bunch of thieves to steal kill and destroy everything that you have. Why wouldn’t they just leave you alone and just appreciate what you did for them when she was begging for Xanax I helped her get in with Dr Pepper and it was him who told her that she does not have panic anxiety disorder and that she was seeking drugs because she used to do drugs and she didn’t even understand what she was doing. And then she cried and was like I am going to kill myself. I said “If you think like that you seriously need the hospital “and she put herself into Camelback Hospital and she was lockdown and I went to take her clothes because her Mother Helen was there taking care of her kids and she asked me to try to help her to try to get her to get off of the pot and pain medication from addiction to the dentist because that’s what happened to her she had done so many other things that her teeth were black and it was expensive and painful and she got worse and Jeffrey became the caregiver for Eddie and Kerry and Eddie she cut his bedroom door upstairs in half and had Matty hang it back on so he stayed in his playroom in his own bedroom by himself and he was in there hours alone and that was enough for me I did not go back again and my husband then was warned about her by a close contact and I found out afterwards that my adoptive sister Megan was paying Pat Mc Kiernan to hurt my daughter Irelan and ruin me and my daughter and my husband David and I did not do anything wrong to either one of them or anyone else that I loved and knew or people I did not like I left them alone and moved on from them. And they all follow me because they make money 💰 for the things they love off hurting me and my family. And it has nothing to do with me being a good person or a Royal Family 😂they have been doing this to me since I had my son Jason and they tried to shoot and kill my son in my arms so look you have no idea how dangerous it is to even now go over a neighbor house with them to sit down to a cup of tea or coffee. They pretend to love you and they are thinking about how they are going to kill your children and climb on the top of their heads to get what they want out of the government and she was IRS and knew the ropes and the system and she was apart of the government and she invited them to start to work with Megan who is in the most trouble her and McKiernan hung themselves up on their own ropes and they have their nooses getting tighter all of the time because no one else is and certainly not me cares what happens it has been out of my hands since she stole David’s house and she doesn’t know what she is doing! 53:06

  • @Eazy-ERyder
    @Eazy-ERyder Рік тому +9

    So they didn't even bother to cover the GREATEST vice president ascendant of them all, Theodore Roosevelt? What kinda crap is that??

    • @optimisticneighsayer5823
      @optimisticneighsayer5823 Рік тому +5

      They do that in Episode 9. The historians thought it was more appropriate to cover him in the context of his efforts to expand the power and influence of the presidency than the mere fact he ascended.

  • @Slaye509
    @Slaye509 6 місяців тому

    The irony of Don Imus narrating for Andrew Johnson.

  • @tamilhoward9708
    @tamilhoward9708 Рік тому +6

    Of course Don Imus voiced the Andrew Johnson part.

  • @michaelplunkett8059
    @michaelplunkett8059 Рік тому

    How did you skip Johnson?

  • @jakethewatersnake
    @jakethewatersnake Рік тому +1

    Don Imus as Andrew Johnson

  • @robfigulski1139
    @robfigulski1139 Рік тому

    Weird you would skip over TR and Coolidge like that... odd

  • @b.p.m.5136
    @b.p.m.5136 Рік тому +4

    Baldwin brothers

    • @alr9967
      @alr9967 Рік тому +3

      I came here to make a Baldwin comment. The lead in photo looks like Alec

    • @b.p.m.5136
      @b.p.m.5136 Рік тому +1

      @@alr9967 he resided in the BALDWIN AREAS ,NY

  • @MattWatts-kv8rh
    @MattWatts-kv8rh 5 місяців тому

    I understand.

  • @markfomenko8873
    @markfomenko8873 11 місяців тому

    The music rendered it unlistenable, particularly the high pitched and loud bit. You should have gotten independent feedback before completing it.

  • @speakonthis
    @speakonthis Рік тому +1

    So you just gloss over Ford? He was just as “accidental” as Truman was.

    • @MineralGPK
      @MineralGPK Місяць тому

      What about president Tyler. They called him his accidency

  • @ericbaker9688
    @ericbaker9688 10 місяців тому

    I was always drawn to him because we share the same birthday. But he was a creep especially to his” slaves” …..

  • @fredrikcarlstedt393
    @fredrikcarlstedt393 4 місяці тому

    Truman, the American Cincinnatus .

  • @gavinsmith7908
    @gavinsmith7908 11 місяців тому

    Truman saying, “When you’ve had your turn you outta get out and give someone else a chance”, is very interesting considering FDR took that “chance” for 4 elections

  • @ethanhart129
    @ethanhart129 4 місяці тому

    Damn this is so 90s

  • @jeanie8831
    @jeanie8831 8 місяців тому

    The trumpet and flute are very annoying.

  • @emilybetz8662
    @emilybetz8662 Рік тому

    Are they just focusing on certain president? No mention of Teddy Roosevelt or LBJ...

  • @william2154
    @william2154 Рік тому

    Is that Alex Baldwin...?

  • @johnwolffe8473
    @johnwolffe8473 28 днів тому

    What, no LBJ?

  • @daveashby9989
    @daveashby9989 5 місяців тому

    I have enjoyed for many years the pbs documentaries and series relating to American history and culture. Some of those were produced by pbs . The Liberty series & The Lincoln series specifically. For some reason only parts 1&2 of the Lincoln series are available on this forum at the moment. But i am sure that will change. I also highly recommend the Israel and Palestine series. First class. And of course the beautiful co production of Ken Burns The Civil War. However, this president series is a disgrace. So many distortions and misinformation with regards to truth, LBJ section perfect example. Very disappointing

  • @leeatterberry1239
    @leeatterberry1239 Рік тому +3

    👍

  • @iflick7235
    @iflick7235 Рік тому +1

    Wow Millard Fillmore looks allot like Alec Baldwin.

  • @IloveEaster
    @IloveEaster Рік тому +1

    3 worst Reagan,Bush W,Trump

  • @diegopons4622
    @diegopons4622 Рік тому

    Fillmore = Alec Baldwin
    Johnson = Tommy Lee Jones

  • @mitch473
    @mitch473 11 місяців тому

    He kind of looks like Alec Baldwin

  • @FLAGSHIP-j3t
    @FLAGSHIP-j3t 4 місяці тому

    DAN ROSTENKOWSKI A MAN WHO'S POLITICAL CAREER CAME CRASHING DOWN DO TO SCANDAL AND ACCUSATIONS OF POLITICAL CORRUPTION AND DID JAIL TIME AS CHESTER ARTHUR A MAN WHO'S POLITICAL CAREER WAS LIFTED OFF BC OF CORRUPTION AND MACHINE POLITICS! WHAT I ASK COULD BE MORE APROPOS? 😂LOL

  • @DanielMulloy-bg6gw
    @DanielMulloy-bg6gw Рік тому +1

    If I were Tyler I would have fired the entire cabinet at the start!

  • @marknewton6984
    @marknewton6984 Рік тому

    Know Nothin Party

  • @anniedoyle4869
    @anniedoyle4869 3 місяці тому

    What in the Alec Baldwin?

  • @walkedawayjoe
    @walkedawayjoe Рік тому +2

    I wonder if kamala Harris has this documentary on repeat ?🤔

  • @Strong_UP_Calvins_zombie
    @Strong_UP_Calvins_zombie 11 місяців тому

    "Get up champ" Muhahaha haaaaa

  • @capoislamort100
    @capoislamort100 Рік тому +1

    Zachary Taylor could barely read or write.

    • @rickr3522
      @rickr3522 Рік тому +1

      Yeah, back in those days when the Army said "be all that you can be", "literate" was not part of the package.

  • @malvinderkaur541
    @malvinderkaur541 Рік тому +1

    Usa initially was established by entire European lineage of immigrants, starting with Spanish armada of Christopher Columbus, and they brought along what exactly was going on in Europe of that time, the lineage which still is going on... the later immigrants from other Nations always been minority in comparison... especially from Asian regions.. though the rise of black white group was strange and almost fascist, yet from Asian immigrants most of well brought up, educated as well as hard working minds with humble disposition, not given to any of what one saw recently as Nation go up in one of the most strange phases of unrest within the Nation, all over...

    • @johnnotrealname8168
      @johnnotrealname8168 11 місяців тому

      Ahh yes the notable European Immigrants. What do you mean settler colonialism?

  • @BrokenneckYgor
    @BrokenneckYgor 11 місяців тому

    Fillmore was gay

    • @skate103
      @skate103 11 місяців тому

      You're gay😂

    • @millstodd8874
      @millstodd8874 6 місяців тому

      Bucannon was the gay one. He lived with Rufus King almost his entire political career.

  • @roscomeon3965
    @roscomeon3965 Рік тому

    A respected lawyer?? Lol.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 nearly every lawyer is a crook