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David O. Stewart, author of George Washington, and Robert Watson, author of George Washington’s Final Battle, discussed the first president’s life. This event is from the Virtual Gaithersbur…

Historian David O. Stewart explored George Washington’s political ascendancy. This was a virtual event hosted by the White House Historical Association.

Authors Kenneth Ackerman and David O. Stewart talked about their contributions to C-SPAN’s book, The Presidents.

Oral arguments in the Nixon v. United States case were played on audio, with sketches of the participants shown on the video. Walter Nixon, a federal judge, challenged the procedures the Sen…

Constitutional lawyer David Stewart talked about his book, Impeached: The Trial of President Andrew Johnson and the Fight for Lincoln’s Legacy.

Author David O. Stewart talked about the group that plotted the assassination of President Lincoln and the Washington, D.C. boarding house where it was planned. Though John Wilkes Booth fire…

David O. Stewart talked about his book Madison’s Gift: Five Partnerships That Built America, in which he explores the role that James Madison played in the founding of the U.S. In his book, …

David Stewart talked about his book, American Emperor: Aaron Burr’s Challenge to Jefferson’s America. In this recounting of the political career of the vice president of the United States wh…

David Stewart was interviewed about his book, The Summer of 1787: The Men Who Invented the Constitution, published by Simon and Schuster. He described the experiences of the men who took par…

David Stewart recounts the political life of Aaron Burr (1756-1836), vice president of the United States from 1801-1805, who gained notoriety for his duel with Alexander Hamilton in 1804. Mr…

David Stewart was interviewed by telephone about the launch of The Washington Independent Review of Books.

From the 2010 Virgina Festival of the Book in Charlottesville, Virginia, David Stewart discussed his book, Impeached: The Trial of President Andrew Johnson and the Fight for Lincoln’s Legacy…

David O. Stewart talked about his book Impeached: The Trial of President Andrew Johnson and the Fight for Lincoln’s Legacy (Simon and Schuster; May 12, 2009). With the assassination of Presi…

David O. Stewart talked about his book Impeached: The Trial of President Andrew Johnson and the Fight for Lincoln’s Legacy (Simon & Schuster; May 12, 2009). In his book he re-creates the imp…

Authors held a panel discussion about President Abraham Lincoln. Gary Johnson moderated. Co-moderator Eileen Mackevich also contributed her thoughts. The panelists responded to questions fro…

David Stewart talked about his book, The Summer of 1787: The Men Who Invented the Constitution, published by Simon and Schuster. He also talked about U.S. presidents and responded to telepho…

Moderated by Marvin Kalb, the panelists debated all sides of the topic, “Whose Work Is It, Anyway? The Google Print Project and the Future of the Written Word.” They talked primarily about …

Several lawyers and legal scholars spoke in a forum on the lessons learned from the Supreme Court nominations of Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas in a forum during a symposium on Supreme Cour…

Attorneys, legal scholars and judges participated in a forum on the Supreme Court nomination process entitled, “Is There a Better Way?” during a symposium on the Supreme Court nomination and…

the Jewish Community Council held this forum on the rights given in the First Amendment over the two hundred years of its existence. The diversity of expression shown by American citizens un…