Wow, thanks for watching my video! This is the first time anyone has done a reaction to something I've made but I'm flattered that it was well-received by someone who knows much more about the topic than I do. Appreciate the shoutout! And I hope I can help bring some more attention to the oft-ignored northeast Ohio presidents :)
Fun Ohio fact. Ohio and Virginia both claim to be the state who produced the most presidents; that being a total of 8. The controversy is that both states take credit for William Henry Harrison, who was born in Virginia but moved and lived in Ohio when elected to office.
How about a video about the supposed Curse of Tippecanoe since all four of these presidents plus others that died in office were all elected or reelected in years that end in 0. Though it may be too soon to bring up the failed assassination attempt on Trump, who continues to insist along with his supporters that he actually won in 2020, in your humorous videos.
I've heard that Charles Guiteau actually argued in court that although he did *shoot* Garfield, it was the doctors who *killed* him. While he did have a valid point, the jury didn't buy that argument.
McKinley's assassination has always fascinated me. Weirdly enough, it's because I grew up a Buffalo Bills fan, and when I discovered MicKinley was killed in Buffalo, I was instantly drawn in. The fact he survived and continued to communicate for a week made the story even more interesting (and sad), as a lot of his conversations were recorded. It really made me respect the man a whole lot more, and it's crazy how positive his attitude was throughout the whole thing. Also, that whole Pan-American Expo (where he was shot) was also interesting. At the time, Buffalo was one of the fastest growing cities & the center for a lot of new technology like electricity, as it was the first American city to have widespread electric lighting. 8,000,000+ visitors attended the show, only for the president to be killed there.
@MichaelBOverthinking Ohio boasts the 2nd most amount of presidential births in the US. The 1st most being Virginia (and West Virginia by proxy, prior to the civil war)
With Jackie Kennedy they offered her new clothes to replace the bloody clothes but Jackie said she wanted to keep the clothes on just to show everyone what they did to her love.
This is so cool, I love A Grain of Salt! You should cover his video about the North Korean defectors too! Hope this brings some more people aboard the Grain Train
@@alexandrel6344 He makes his content for a very specific audience who I don't think overlap very much with people who spend their free time studying history like we do lmao
@@jarrettlowery2802 Well, he didn't know who he was, we know who he is, so when we are older we will do the same. But at the same time should've known by the tone of the guy.
Nah, Chris is so kind to people saying the most ridiculous things - which is both very gentlemany and scholarly of him - that he cannot possibly make himself look bad in such a situation. It was funny to watch him boil inside but in the end there are people who are just like someone who idubbz was portraying so the mistake, although funny is understandable, so it wasn't a fiasco.
I think Garfield's was the saddest because it was the worst for the victim. He could have been saved but he spent his last months in agony because of medial malpractice. Lincoln and Kennedy at least lost consciousness immediately
What is interesting are the unsuccessful attempts. A madman tried to kill Jackson, his gun misfiring, with Jackson beating the attempted assassin with his walking stick. Ford had the only two women who attempted to kill a president. Squeaky Fromme did not pay attention on how to use the gun she stole, and tried with an empty chamber. Sara Jane Moore was a known nutcase, and had her guns taken when Ford was planning a visit to SF. She never had a chance to sight in her replacement gun, and missed her first shot. She was tackled as she tried a second shot.
And the family of John Hinckley Jr, who shot Reagan, had ties to the family of then VP George Bush Sr. Hinckley’s brother had plans to meet Bush’s son Neil for dinner that evening.
I thought the person who gave Fromme the gun didn’t teach her how to load it. It’s also interesting the two attempts on Ford both happened in the same month.
It is kind of amazing that the secret service was not created until after Lincoln, Garfield, and McKinley. I guess the US works on the three strikes system.
Lincoln actually signed the legislation creating the Secret Service just hours before he was shot. They just didn't take on responsibility for protecting the President until after McKinley's assassination.
Right?! Imagine how RFK Jr. must feel with them still not giving him Secret Service Protection during his campaigning for the presidency? Whether or not I agree with the guy, he is still deserving of the same protocols we give other candidates.
I thought there was an agency precursor to the SecretService, run by an investigator named Albert (or Allen?) Pinkerton. Am i crazy? This Pinkerton Agency was eventually involved in solving or preventing bank and train robberies.
My 11th grade English teacher was Mrs. Evers, the daughter of James Leavelle, who was the man in the white hat escorting Oswald when he got shot. I know that because before Thanksgiving, a kid in class made a snarky remark about cops letting Oswald get shot, and she went off on the kid & talked about her dad putting up with a lot of crap from people.
If my math is correct and if he were to have been born in 1864 and not 1874 and lived to be 100 in 1964 instead of being 90. He would have been alive for all 4 assassinations? That is wild.
The man is a legend, and he'll be remembered as a great president, and the only president to win two terms (consecutive or non-consecutive) by effectively curtailing the campaigns of the hopeful first female POTUS'. Of course we all know that the first Madam President will be a Republican, as the other party cannot even define what a woman is.....Trump/Vance2024....MASA-MAPA-MAGA!!!!!!
Emilio Estevez is actually the older brother, and we'd expect the crazy behavior from Charlie Sheen, so it would be more appropriate to reverse those roles.
Not only was he not fired for being druken asleep on the job for Abraham's assassination. He then get assigned to guard Mary Tood Lincoln. Like seriously? 😂
Well, you gotta wonder... what if Andrew Johnson's would-be assassin actually did go through with it? And I legitimately LOL'd at that "person everybody was forgetting" in the Kennedy section. :D
:18.30 a speech in support of Garfield? I believe every single house cat in the United States of America should be able to eat any Italian cuisine that they choose.
Jackie Kennedy wanted to be at LBJ’s swearing in and thought it was necessary for the continuation of government. Clint Hill (her secret service agent) stated that she was insistent on her being present and the photo to be taken with her standing there.
In 1896 Garrett Hobart was President William McKinley's VP. Teddy Roosevelt wanted to be the 1900 VP candidate. Hobart refused to step aside then died in November 1899, age 55. TR and McKinley were elected November, 1900. McKinley was assassinated September, 1901 and TR became president. McKinley's campaign manager, Senator Mark Hanna, wanted to challenge TR in GOP presidential primaries in 1904. Hanna died February, 1904. TR is re-elected in November, 1904.
That's a lie he did not want to be VP when he was nominated in 1900 only one person in the convention opposed in his nomination and that wa Theodore Roosevelt
"Teddy Roosevelt wanted to be the 1900 VP candidate." No, he didn't. I'm not sure where you got that from. At the time, TR was Governor of New York and was working to reform the political system of the state. However, Thomas Platt the New York Republican Party boss hated TR and wanted him out of the state so he pressured McKinley to choose Roosevelt as his VP. TR relucantly accepted. The Vice Presidency at this point wasn't a highly sought after position. It was seen as a place where political careers go to die. Thomas Platt and others wanted to punish Teddy by putting him in a powerless position.
@@thephoenixxm4160 You are right. TR wanted to run for re-election as Governor of New York. But as you said reluctantly accepted the VP nomination. TR is said to have remarked to Mark Hanna something like "What neither of us wanted has happened". Hanna feared TR's popularity and thought he would be in the way of Hanna's future aspirations to be president after McKinley. Of course McKinley's assassination changed everything except Hanna's lifelong dislike of TR.
Sarah Vowell has a great book called Assassination Vacation that goes over all the interesting little details about the 4 assassinations. She also has not one but TWO great books on the Puritans that I thoroughly enjoyed.
Funny, I watched this video last night and thought to myself. This would be one I would like to see VTH do a reaction too, imagine my pleasant surprise when I log on to YT and see exactly that. Well done good sir, well done.
The limo that Kennedy was riding in is currently on display at the Henry Ford museum in Dearborn, Michigan. The same museum also contains the Rosa Parks bus.
Jackie Kennedy was moved by two things. She 1. Wanted those responsible to see her blood soaked outfit and 2. She had a sense of indicating the process would continue, the government would go on.
You can put the assassins in a political compass meme . Authleft: Lee Harvey Oswold (literal Marxist) . Authright: John Wilkes Booth (Confederate sympathizer) . Libleft: Leon Czolgoz (anarchist who saw McKinley as representing big business) . Libright: James Guiteau (proponent of the spoils system that wanted a job)
If not mentioned: The Oneida Community dissolved in 1881, converting itself to a joint-stock company. This eventually became the silverware company Oneida Limited, one of the largest in the world, fun fact.
They also continued to use the Air Force One that transported Kennedy in his coffin. They had to cut out the rear bulkhead to fit the coffin in the passenger compartment of the airplane. They later welded the bulkhead back in place, but you can see the seams from where it was cut and returned. The plane is on display at the United States Air Force museum in Dayton, Ohio.
Interesting. I had no idea that Guiteau was part of the Oneida Community. I live 10 minutes from the Mansion House that they all used to live in. Their community is an interesting part of history, especially here in New York. I don't think a lot of people even know about it.
36:28 Johnson was sworn in on a Catholic Missal (a book of Gospel/other Bible readings and prayers used during Mass) to be precise. We Catholics still use Missals to this day. I haven't read about whether said Missal used in Johnson's swearing-in was before or after the Second Vatican Council (1958 - 1962). Missals before Vatican II were in Latin. Those after Vatican II are typically in the vernacular (i.e. local language).
I understand the "it was a different time, a different society" thing. But even for the 1860s, it still seems pretty mystifying that Lincoln didn't have closer, more organized security than he did ("eh, the one drunk guy is enough"), given the wartime conditions.
19:31 Another point on Garfield: He actually gave a nominating speech for fellow Ohio politician John Sherman at the 1880 GOP Convention. It went so well … delegates eventually rallied behind Garfield and picked him!
The photo of Johnson in Air Force One. I was in Dayton OH last weekend at the Air Force Museum. They have the plane there and you can walk through it. There is a plaque at the exit explaining about the seats removed to put Kennedy’s casket onboard for the flight to Washington. 36:54
Would really be interested in a reaction to Manhunt. Boyle was phenomenal in that, the politics were interesting and Tobias Menzies - although he doesn't look much like Stanton - was also terrific playing Stanton.
Question: I assume that the bar that they said on fire did not belong to the US government. so I wondered if they paid the farmer for destroying his barn?
Have you been to Garfield's Memorial in Lakeview Cemetery? You could do a whole video on that alone, they finally finished the renovations this spring and reopened the upper viewing deck which is beautiful!
A lot of people draw comparisons between the assassinations of Lincoln and Kennedy, but there are some strong comparisons between Garfield's and Carter Harrison Sr. who was the mayor of Chicago in 1893. Both were shot by someone who thought that their meager contributions were the reason the elections were won and thought that they would be named to prestigious positions in the government.
36:49 A great doc from History, breaking down the 24 hours after the assassination, that when JFK aide Kenneth O’Donnell was asked by Johnson for Jackie’s presence, he asked Jackie - to which, she said “It’s the least I can do.” Makes me think that she at least knew full well the meaning for her to be there.
A great book about the Jack Ruby trial is a book called Kennedy’s Avenger. It convincingly shows that Ruby was not part of a conspiracy to silence Oswald.
As it would turn out, there is a connection between Robert Todd Lincoln and JFK. Lee Harvey Oswald’s father was not only named Robert Edward Lee Oswald, but was also a distant cousin of Robert E. Lee, who Robert Lincoln met at Appomattox Courthouse. Not only this, but Robert E Lee Oswald was also a third cousin of Teddy Roosevelt, who was also shot during his presidency. THE CURSE IS REAL
I wrote a play about Robert Lincoln meeting with Henry Rathbone (who was in the Presidential box when Both shot the President) in 1872 following the assassination of Garfield. Along the way I learned no one called him Robert Todd Lincoln, ever. But people kept complaining about people calling him "Bob" even though that IS how EVERYONE called him. I personally feel Rathbone was already suffering from PTSD at this point, and events made things much worse. He became erratic, tempestuous, paranoid, and suffered from a variety of physical ailments under the heading of "dyspepsia." He showed no known signs of mental illness prior to the war. He believed himself hounded by the press at every anniversary of Lincoln's life, and his wife said he was not always wrong.
I appreciate it when you get historical references in unexpected tv shows and films. For example, the 1980s comedy Real Genius ends with a weapons demonstration taking place with a scenario of an Important Person being assassinated while in a motorcade. Sure enough, they replicated the Kennedy Dallas motorcade. Then in the Battlestar Galactica reboot, they reproduce the famous photo of LBJ taking the oath of office on board Air Force One for Laura Roslin becoming president during a crisis.
Hey Vth, the 80th anniversary of Operation Bagration, perhaps the worst defeat Germany ever suffered is coming up real soon. I think it would be cool if you checked out a video about it. It would also be a learning experience as the Eastern Front of WWII isn’t something you’re familiar with.
It was not so much that Grant could have over power Booth but if Grant was there that night, he would likely have had staff members with him being he was still an active general which would have made it harder for Booth to have access to Lincoln.
Hey chris, i have a bachelors in marketing and MBA in marketing management, are you looking to hire anyone for such a spot? Run media, websites, get content out there etc. i love history and was going to pursue it in college but theres no money there unless you teach or write a book, i didnt want to do either 😹 but id love to be able to combine the two!
The biopic movie 'Jackie' might give some insight in why she was present at that moment. I've seen it, and the moment is in the movie, but I forgot the details surrounding it.
Wow, thanks for watching my video! This is the first time anyone has done a reaction to something I've made but I'm flattered that it was well-received by someone who knows much more about the topic than I do. Appreciate the shoutout! And I hope I can help bring some more attention to the oft-ignored northeast Ohio presidents :)
How about a follow-up on the attempts on Jackson, Roosevelt and Regan?
Your take on the subject and sense of humour really made it entertaining, looking forward to checking out more of your work
Your humor was awesome throughout the whole video. You had me laughing and learning 😂😂
Fun Ohio fact. Ohio and Virginia both claim to be the state who produced the most presidents; that being a total of 8. The controversy is that both states take credit for William Henry Harrison, who was born in Virginia but moved and lived in Ohio when elected to office.
How about a video about the supposed Curse of Tippecanoe since all four of these presidents plus others that died in office were all elected or reelected in years that end in 0. Though it may be too soon to bring up the failed assassination attempt on Trump, who continues to insist along with his supporters that he actually won in 2020, in your humorous videos.
I love the deep sigh and simple "...yea" when he mentions Johnson at 13:55 lol
Dark humor for a dark topic makes it easier to digest as information for some. Thank you VTH
22:43 "Doctor" is also a pretty common name for time travelling aliens with British accents.
Cue the '70s theme music! :)
Doctor Who has that eerie coincidence of its pilot airing the day after the Kennedy assassination
Maybe it was him!
A Grain of Salt is such an underrated channel! Love his videos! Binged his content the whole night when I first got him recommended
I've heard that Charles Guiteau actually argued in court that although he did *shoot* Garfield, it was the doctors who *killed* him. While he did have a valid point, the jury didn't buy that argument.
Yeah. Murder, even attempted murder, is a much more serious offense than medical malpractice (though that isn't saying much).
McKinley's assassination has always fascinated me.
Weirdly enough, it's because I grew up a Buffalo Bills fan, and when I discovered MicKinley was killed in Buffalo, I was instantly drawn in.
The fact he survived and continued to communicate for a week made the story even more interesting (and sad), as a lot of his conversations were recorded. It really made me respect the man a whole lot more, and it's crazy how positive his attitude was throughout the whole thing.
Also, that whole Pan-American Expo (where he was shot) was also interesting. At the time, Buffalo was one of the fastest growing cities & the center for a lot of new technology like electricity, as it was the first American city to have widespread electric lighting. 8,000,000+ visitors attended the show, only for the president to be killed there.
Two tragedies in Buffalo, McKinley Assassination and the Buffalo Bills Superbowl record.
What do you think of the so called “curse” because of the assassination? It seems dumb since the Bills won two AFL championships.
I can't believe he didn't mention that Martin Sheen was born in Ohio.
Us ohioans have a lot of state pride
He's also a dual citizen of the US and Ireland, while also being Spanish descent.
@@EtherealWonders1216 For no real reason other than being in the way
@MichaelBOverthinking Ohio boasts the 2nd most amount of presidential births in the US. The 1st most being Virginia (and West Virginia by proxy, prior to the civil war)
this should be an inside joke for this channel
His humor was awesome throughout the whole video. He had me laughing and learning 😂😂
Robert Lincolns ghost visiting JFK in Dallas in 1963 😐
wait -- Oswald's widow still alive? crazy
Yep. She's 82.
@@VloggingThroughHistoryIIRC she was in Mr. Beat's video about the JFK assassination
Charles Guiteau doesn't look crazy at all. Not even a little bit.
She's just a year older than the current president
RFK's widow is still alive. And his assassin for that matter.
Are you gonna watch Napoleonic wars day by day with army sizes? Love the videos btw
With Jackie Kennedy they offered her new clothes to replace the bloody clothes but Jackie said she wanted to keep the clothes on just to show everyone what they did to her love.
Whos here after the Trump assassination attempt, prayers for the President and the people who sadly passed
Right here. I only just watched this video this morning too. Insane
Former
@@NATUR3F33LS ...and future.
@@NATUR3F33LSthey are still referred to as “president” after leaving office
This guy’s sarcasm and dark humor is amazing. 😂 He should work for the Daily Show.
Great insight & analysis as always! Favorite history teacher I’ve ever had
This is so cool, I love A Grain of Salt! You should cover his video about the North Korean defectors too!
Hope this brings some more people aboard the Grain Train
This the best explanation for Jack Ruby I've ever heard
After the Idubbz trolling fiasco yesterday I think this might be a nice shift back to normalcy😂😂
Still can't believe he took that video seriously
Idubbbz thinks he's funny.
@@alexandrel6344 He makes his content for a very specific audience who I don't think overlap very much with people who spend their free time studying history like we do lmao
@@jarrettlowery2802 Well, he didn't know who he was, we know who he is, so when we are older we will do the same. But at the same time should've known by the tone of the guy.
Nah, Chris is so kind to people saying the most ridiculous things - which is both very gentlemany and scholarly of him - that he cannot possibly make himself look bad in such a situation. It was funny to watch him boil inside but in the end there are people who are just like someone who idubbz was portraying so the mistake, although funny is understandable, so it wasn't a fiasco.
The Lincoln Assassination is heartbreaking but the Garfield one is a close second.
I think Garfield's was the saddest because it was the worst for the victim. He could have been saved but he spent his last months in agony because of medial malpractice. Lincoln and Kennedy at least lost consciousness immediately
What is interesting are the unsuccessful attempts. A madman tried to kill Jackson, his gun misfiring, with Jackson beating the attempted assassin with his walking stick. Ford had the only two women who attempted to kill a president. Squeaky Fromme did not pay attention on how to use the gun she stole, and tried with an empty chamber. Sara Jane Moore was a known nutcase, and had her guns taken when Ford was planning a visit to SF. She never had a chance to sight in her replacement gun, and missed her first shot. She was tackled as she tried a second shot.
And the family of John Hinckley Jr, who shot Reagan, had ties to the family of then VP George Bush Sr. Hinckley’s brother had plans to meet Bush’s son Neil for dinner that evening.
It wouldve been so weird to see - Nixon (1969-1974), Ford (1974-1975), Rockefeller (1975-1977)
I thought the person who gave Fromme the gun didn’t teach her how to load it.
It’s also interesting the two attempts on Ford both happened in the same month.
@@terminallumbago6465 From what I remember, Fromme stole the gun.
It is kind of amazing that the secret service was not created until after Lincoln, Garfield, and McKinley. I guess the US works on the three strikes system.
Lincoln actually signed the legislation creating the Secret Service just hours before he was shot. They just didn't take on responsibility for protecting the President until after McKinley's assassination.
Right?! Imagine how RFK Jr. must feel with them still not giving him Secret Service Protection during his campaigning for the presidency?
Whether or not I agree with the guy, he is still deserving of the same protocols we give other candidates.
@@VloggingThroughHistory Indeed. The Secret Service's first job before protecting the president was investigating counterfeit money.
I thought there was an agency precursor to the SecretService, run by an investigator named Albert (or Allen?) Pinkerton. Am i crazy? This Pinkerton Agency was eventually involved in solving or preventing bank and train robberies.
@@spacehonky6315 they were a private police force
My 11th grade English teacher was Mrs. Evers, the daughter of James Leavelle, who was the man in the white hat escorting Oswald when he got shot. I know that because before Thanksgiving, a kid in class made a snarky remark about cops letting Oswald get shot, and she went off on the kid & talked about her dad putting up with a lot of crap from people.
Wow!
Wow. I literally just watched that video this morning!!! I'm excited to hear your input on it!!!
I love your channel. I enjoy the humor in your videos! Best regards! From the great state of Idaho
That’s hilarious. This got recommended to me last night and as I watched I was thinking “this would be a great VTH video”
Fun fact , Herbert Hoover lived to see three presidential assassinations in his life time , Garfield (1881) McKinley (1901) and Kennedy (1963)
If my math is correct and if he were to have been born in 1864 and not 1874 and lived to be 100 in 1964 instead of being 90. He would have been alive for all 4 assassinations? That is wild.
I actually live in the Oneida mansion house. It’s apartments and a museum now. Pretty cool to see some of the stuff that hasn’t changed in 200 years
we know why we're here
The man is a legend, and he'll be remembered as a great president, and the only president to win two terms (consecutive or non-consecutive) by effectively curtailing the campaigns of the hopeful first female POTUS'. Of course we all know that the first Madam President will be a Republican, as the other party cannot even define what a woman is.....Trump/Vance2024....MASA-MAPA-MAGA!!!!!!
Emilio Estevez is actually the older brother, and we'd expect the crazy behavior from Charlie Sheen, so it would be more appropriate to reverse those roles.
I think the connection being made there was that Charlie (Carlos) is the more popular/famous actor.
@@zacharygrouwinkel1534 I have a hard time picturing Charlie Sheen saving anyone's life, not even his own.
@@ALRIGHTYTHEN. Not even unintentionally?
I really liked this one, I'm heading to A Grain of Salt to check out their other videos.
Not only was he not fired for being druken asleep on the job for Abraham's assassination. He then get assigned to guard Mary Tood Lincoln. Like seriously? 😂
Real Chief Wiggum vibes I'm getting
The video was in my recommended, and I loved it. His humor is amazing
I actually went to Seward's house in Auburn last summer and the guide told the group about assassination attempt.
38:50 that car is at The Henry Ford museum in Dearborn, Michigan, along with the chair Lincoln was in when he was deleted.
Well, you gotta wonder... what if Andrew Johnson's would-be assassin actually did go through with it?
And I legitimately LOL'd at that "person everybody was forgetting" in the Kennedy section. :D
Why was this recommended to me now...
Thank you for the shout out. Cleveland is my second home. Two of my children live there. -Angelique
Great video!
You should know the last checkmate linconites is out, it is different and may not lend itself to a reaction video as well but it is great
See my community post about this a few days ago.
Love the recent videos. I have spent countless hours watching your content. Actually learned a lot from your stuff!
I’m loving your channel man!
Glad you're here!
@VloggingThroughHistory it was a great video to react to. I agree that some humor was unnecessary and wrong but it was still very informative!
:18.30 a speech in support of Garfield?
I believe every single house cat in the United States of America should be able to eat any Italian cuisine that they choose.
Ah Leon Czolgosz, the Concealed Weapons Handler.
Wonder why this was in my recommendation?
Jackie Kennedy wanted to be at LBJ’s swearing in and thought it was necessary for the continuation of government. Clint Hill (her secret service agent) stated that she was insistent on her being present and the photo to be taken with her standing there.
I guess that answers that, then.
In 1896 Garrett Hobart was President William McKinley's VP. Teddy Roosevelt wanted to be the 1900 VP candidate. Hobart refused to step aside then died in November 1899, age 55. TR and McKinley were elected November, 1900. McKinley was assassinated September, 1901 and TR became president. McKinley's campaign manager, Senator Mark Hanna, wanted to challenge TR in GOP presidential primaries in 1904. Hanna died February, 1904. TR is re-elected in November, 1904.
Even Death wanted Teddy to be President
That's a lie he did not want to be VP when he was nominated in 1900 only one person in the convention opposed in his nomination and that wa Theodore Roosevelt
"Teddy Roosevelt wanted to be the 1900 VP candidate." No, he didn't. I'm not sure where you got that from. At the time, TR was Governor of New York and was working to reform the political system of the state. However, Thomas Platt the New York Republican Party boss hated TR and wanted him out of the state so he pressured McKinley to choose Roosevelt as his VP. TR relucantly accepted.
The Vice Presidency at this point wasn't a highly sought after position. It was seen as a place where political careers go to die. Thomas Platt and others wanted to punish Teddy by putting him in a powerless position.
@@thephoenixxm4160 I'm sure you believe LH Oswald shot JFK.
@@thephoenixxm4160 You are right. TR wanted to run for re-election as Governor of New York. But as you said reluctantly accepted the VP nomination. TR is said to have remarked to Mark Hanna something like "What neither of us wanted has happened". Hanna feared TR's popularity and thought he would be in the way of Hanna's future aspirations to be president after McKinley. Of course McKinley's assassination changed everything except Hanna's lifelong dislike of TR.
Sarah Vowell has a great book called Assassination Vacation that goes over all the interesting little details about the 4 assassinations. She also has not one but TWO great books on the Puritans that I thoroughly enjoyed.
Funny, I watched this video last night and thought to myself. This would be one I would like to see VTH do a reaction too, imagine my pleasant surprise when I log on to YT and see exactly that. Well done good sir, well done.
Unrelated to the video, but have you heard of Atun-Shei realeasing the finale to Checkmate Lincolnites?
@Eveevees Thanks for the heads-up! I didn't catch that.
Wow this was really recommended to me after the news going on in America
The limo that Kennedy was riding in is currently on display at the Henry Ford museum in Dearborn, Michigan. The same museum also contains the Rosa Parks bus.
And the chair Lincoln as sitting in when he was assassinated.
and it is of course a Lincoln
The "boom" sound around the 13:09 mark had me wondering if it was about to start raining
Jackie Kennedy was moved by two things. She 1. Wanted those responsible to see her blood soaked outfit and 2. She had a sense of indicating the process would continue, the government would go on.
He’s another ironic fact of the video. @5:14 the Emergency Room shown is Medical City- Dallas (Not where Kennedy went but in the same city.)
You can put the assassins in a political compass meme
. Authleft: Lee Harvey Oswold (literal Marxist)
. Authright: John Wilkes Booth (Confederate sympathizer)
. Libleft: Leon Czolgoz (anarchist who saw McKinley as representing big business)
. Libright: James Guiteau (proponent of the spoils system that wanted a job)
Awesome video as usual!
Next, I think you should review/react to the Checkmate Lincolnites FINAL EPISODE that just came out the other day!
FIRST VIEWER!!! My first time EVER on RUclips!
How dare you (congrats)
@@Qsefe99 man i think i even beat the notification 🤣 i opened RUclips it said “10 secs ago”
@@younghustlegang you have the VTH sixth sense
THIS IS A NEW VIDEO I'M ONE OF THE FIRST HIS SETUP IS SO DIFFERENT THIS IS WHY I DON'T JUST WATCH OLD VIDEOS
Welcome to the Wild West.
I have always wondered if Oswald had never left the depository, would he have been caught?
Always a W when he uploads
It's so weird that RUclips starts promoting this video to me today of all days. O_o
If not mentioned: The Oneida Community dissolved in 1881, converting itself to a joint-stock company. This eventually became the silverware company Oneida Limited, one of the largest in the world, fun fact.
I'm convinced that Jack Ruby was hired by someone to kill Oswald.
We look forward to you now presenting your ironclad evidence.
The deep sigh and agreement about Andrew Johnson was perfect
Hey Chris.. ever thought about reacting to a crash course video?
We know why we're here rn
17:40 they called him "Charles Getout"
They also continued to use the Air Force One that transported Kennedy in his coffin. They had to cut out the rear bulkhead to fit the coffin in the passenger compartment of the airplane.
They later welded the bulkhead back in place, but you can see the seams from where it was cut and returned.
The plane is on display at the United States Air Force museum in Dayton, Ohio.
Interesting. I had no idea that Guiteau was part of the Oneida Community. I live 10 minutes from the Mansion House that they all used to live in. Their community is an interesting part of history, especially here in New York. I don't think a lot of people even know about it.
36:28 Johnson was sworn in on a Catholic Missal (a book of Gospel/other Bible readings and prayers used during Mass) to be precise. We Catholics still use Missals to this day.
I haven't read about whether said Missal used in Johnson's swearing-in was before or after the Second Vatican Council (1958 - 1962). Missals before Vatican II were in Latin. Those after
Vatican II are typically in the vernacular (i.e. local language).
It would’ve been a pre-Vat II Missal. It probably belonged to the President or Jackie or someone close to them as they were Catholics
I understand the "it was a different time, a different society" thing. But even for the 1860s, it still seems pretty mystifying that Lincoln didn't have closer, more organized security than he did ("eh, the one drunk guy is enough"), given the wartime conditions.
19:31 Another point on Garfield: He actually gave a nominating speech for fellow Ohio politician John Sherman at the 1880 GOP Convention. It went so well … delegates eventually rallied behind Garfield and picked him!
The photo of Johnson in Air Force One. I was in Dayton OH last weekend at the Air Force Museum. They have the plane there and you can walk through it. There is a plaque at the exit explaining about the seats removed to put Kennedy’s casket onboard for the flight to Washington. 36:54
Loving your videos man! You should really react to the cuban missile crisis series by extra history. It's their best one in my opinion.
Would really be interested in a reaction to Manhunt. Boyle was phenomenal in that, the politics were interesting and Tobias Menzies - although he doesn't look much like Stanton - was also terrific playing Stanton.
Would you react to the last Checkmate Lincolnites? It would be cool to see your reaction.
Atun-Shei asked him not to. Read his community post.
Question: I assume that the bar that they said on fire did not belong to the US government. so I wondered if they paid the farmer for destroying his barn?
Just saw this yesterday was was hoping you'd get to it, great timing!
Have you been to Garfield's Memorial in Lakeview Cemetery? You could do a whole video on that alone, they finally finished the renovations this spring and reopened the upper viewing deck which is beautiful!
A lot of people draw comparisons between the assassinations of Lincoln and Kennedy, but there are some strong comparisons between Garfield's and Carter Harrison Sr. who was the mayor of Chicago in 1893. Both were shot by someone who thought that their meager contributions were the reason the elections were won and thought that they would be named to prestigious positions in the government.
36:49 A great doc from History, breaking down the 24 hours after the assassination, that when JFK aide Kenneth O’Donnell was asked by Johnson for Jackie’s presence, he asked Jackie - to which, she said “It’s the least I can do.”
Makes me think that she at least knew full well the meaning for her to be there.
A great book about the Jack Ruby trial is a book called Kennedy’s Avenger. It convincingly shows that Ruby was not part of a conspiracy to silence Oswald.
Every time I hear anything about the McKinley assassination, all I think about is the opening scene to the film Canadian Bacon.
As it would turn out, there is a connection between Robert Todd Lincoln and JFK. Lee Harvey Oswald’s father was not only named Robert Edward Lee Oswald, but was also a distant cousin of Robert E. Lee, who Robert Lincoln met at Appomattox Courthouse. Not only this, but Robert E Lee Oswald was also a third cousin of Teddy Roosevelt, who was also shot during his presidency. THE CURSE IS REAL
should have mentioned Boston Corbett during the Lincoln segment
I was about to, then I decided to wait in case he mentioned him, then he didnt and I forgot.
14:12 the top right looks like a modern picture!
If the doctors would WASH THEIR HANDS and did what they did and put their fingers in the wound he most likely would have survived James Garfield
24:00 24:05 was attempted murder not illegal back then?
39:28 quick find out if Robert Lincoln ever met Joseph Kennedy SR. We might still have something
I wrote a play about Robert Lincoln meeting with Henry Rathbone (who was in the Presidential box when Both shot the President) in 1872 following the assassination of Garfield. Along the way I learned no one called him Robert Todd Lincoln, ever. But people kept complaining about people calling him "Bob" even though that IS how EVERYONE called him.
I personally feel Rathbone was already suffering from PTSD at this point, and events made things much worse. He became erratic, tempestuous, paranoid, and suffered from a variety of physical ailments under the heading of "dyspepsia." He showed no known signs of mental illness prior to the war. He believed himself hounded by the press at every anniversary of Lincoln's life, and his wife said he was not always wrong.
McKinley sounds like a legend
Definitely a tangent, but the name Czologosz was used in the first season of the Mission Impossible tv series for a villian.
I appreciate it when you get historical references in unexpected tv shows and films. For example, the 1980s comedy Real Genius ends with a weapons demonstration taking place with a scenario of an Important Person being assassinated while in a motorcade. Sure enough, they replicated the Kennedy Dallas motorcade. Then in the Battlestar Galactica reboot, they reproduce the famous photo of LBJ taking the oath of office on board Air Force One for Laura Roslin becoming president during a crisis.
When I first watched it yesterday I was hoping you would react to it. My wish came true lol
Have you done any videos on the Curse of Tecumseh?
I would be surprised if any President wanted to be around Robert Todd Lincoln knowing his track record around prior Presidents.
Hey Vth, the 80th anniversary of Operation Bagration, perhaps the worst defeat Germany ever suffered is coming up real soon. I think it would be cool if you checked out a video about it. It would also be a learning experience as the Eastern Front of WWII isn’t something you’re familiar with.
It was not so much that Grant could have over power Booth but if Grant was there that night, he would likely have had staff members with him being he was still an active general which would have made it harder for Booth to have access to Lincoln.
Can you do a video on watergate or other similar things
Great Channel like always except for Kennedy did the other three presidents have Secret Service??
Hey chris, i have a bachelors in marketing and MBA in marketing management, are you looking to hire anyone for such a spot? Run media, websites, get content out there etc. i love history and was going to pursue it in college but theres no money there unless you teach or write a book, i didnt want to do either 😹 but id love to be able to combine the two!
The biopic movie 'Jackie' might give some insight in why she was present at that moment. I've seen it, and the moment is in the movie, but I forgot the details surrounding it.