November 28, 2016
Michael Gerhardt, National Constitution Center scholar-in-residence, and Robert Strauss, author of Worst. President. Ever.:James Buchanan, the POTUS Rating Game, and the Legacy of the Least of the Lesser Presidents, offer an enlightening — and highly entertaining — account of James Buchanan’s presidency and explain how historians rank presidents over time.
The event took place on November 28, 2016.
This program is presented as part of the Center's Election 2016 Program Series.
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