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Her father was a local politician, so she grew up loving politics. She married james after he won a seat in the legislature because she would not have married him if he had been content to be a clerk. Unfortunately for james k. Polk, he died just three months after leaving the white house, and sarah began a 42year widowhood. Polk place became something of a shrine to her husband, and she would invite anyone who wanted to to come for a visit to see the objects they had collected through their long and illustrious political career. She lived there for many years on her own, and during the civil ...

People talk about the idea of service. What would he think about a former secretary of state making 225,000 to give a speech . John well, thats an interesting question. Of course, in his day politics was not a root to wealth. The opposite. And when he was a young man, he ran for the state legislature of massachusetts. Most of his friends who were all lawyers like him wouldnt do that because the theory was first you make dough as a merchant or a lawyer, whatever it was, and then when you are comfortable, you can afford to go into politics because no one ever made a nickel. Congressman in those ...

Argument about light bulbs. He sat through the whole thing. The preacher asked him the next week why did you sit through that whole argument about light bulbs . He said i could have pulled out my wallet and bought the light bulbs, but i thought it was important for the session, the elders to all have their say, to talk all the way through the end so they would be comfortable with voting on a decision. Thats the way you look at the senate. Senator Lamar Alexander thank you very much. [applause] [indistinct conversations] thank you for being here this afternoon. Though we come together this even...

Sat through the whole thing. And the preacher asked him the next week, senator baker why did you sit through that whole argument about lightbulbs . He said well, i could have pulled out my wallet and bought the lightbulbs but i thought it was important for the session of elders to all have their say, talking all the way through to the end so theyd be comfortable with voting on a decision. And thats the way he looked at the senate. Senator lamar alexander, thank you very much. Thank you. My colleagues thank you for being here this afternoon. Senator baker. We come this evening in this stately a...

[indistinct conversations] thank you for being here this afternoon. Though we come together this evening in this stately and formal Senate Chamber, our convocation has a light spirit of a family reunion. It is a thrill to me to see the way our colleagues react to baker on both sides of the house and even some who could not be here tonight made a special point of coming by to speak to senator baker. Tonight we welcome the second in a series of leaders, lecture series. Were hoping this will be something we will continue throughout this year. Byrd being are invited speaker our invited speaker in ...