CSPAN Q A July 22, 2013
Not only at Abraham Lincolns bedside immediately after his assassination, but also at the bedside of William Mckinley in 1901. I thought, who could this below be . Of course, when i opened the archives, i realized with a rich subject it was. John hay, his life really has two bookends at either end of his biographical shelf. There is lincoln on one end, he was his private secretary, lived in the white house for every war years. So much of what we know about lincoln comes from hays time with him. He served on the mckinley as well and was secretary of state for teddy roosevelt, so you have these ...