Videos

Professor Michael Les Benedict delivered a keynote speech commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Ex parte Milligan U.S. Supreme Court case. In 1866, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional to try…

In the nineteenth in a series on American presidents, the life and career of Rutherford B. Hayes were discussed. Mr. Hoogenboom and Mr. Bridges talked about President Hayes as a lawyer,…

In the third of an eight part series on the Ohio presidents, the life of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, the 19th president who served from 1877 to 1881, was profiled. Historians, scholars and…

Professor Johannsen talked about the career of President Polk and why he has consistently been labeled by historians as a “near great” president. He talked about Polk’s nomination by the…

Roger Bridges talked about President and Mrs. Hayes' home, built during the Civil War. The house has an extremely large veranda because President Hayes expressly requested it.