The Contenders is a 14-program series that was produced and aired by C-SPAN in the fall of 2011. It looked at the lives and careers of 14 candidates for the presidency of the United States who were determined to have made significant impacts on U.S. politics despite not having won the presidency.[1] Most episodes were broadcast from a location of significance to the person being profiled, and featured interviews and discussion with a variety of experts.
The list of persons profiled was selected by C-SPAN producer Mark Farkas and historian Richard Norton Smith, who was a consultant to the series.[2] Smith described the objective of their efforts as follows:
To give viewers an alternative school of American political history, in particular. It has famously been observed that the winners write the history books, and there's a lot of truth to that. But that means that we are deprived of... It's like the dark side of the moon. There's another whole story line... and even more, on the biographical level, there are 14 people in this series, many of whom I guarantee viewers may never have heard of. And all of whom I can pretty much guarantee they will find interesting to fascinating, and certainly surprising.[2]
Scott Clark Farris, Jules Witcover (Note: McGovern himself had been scheduled to be part of this program, but fell and injured himself on the way into the building where the program was being filmed.[3])
contenders, other, uses, contender, program, series, that, produced, aired, span, fall, 2011, looked, lives, careers, candidates, presidency, united, states, were, determined, have, made, significant, impacts, politics, despite, having, presidency, most, episo. For other uses see Contender The Contenders is a 14 program series that was produced and aired by C SPAN in the fall of 2011 It looked at the lives and careers of 14 candidates for the presidency of the United States who were determined to have made significant impacts on U S politics despite not having won the presidency 1 Most episodes were broadcast from a location of significance to the person being profiled and featured interviews and discussion with a variety of experts The ContendersCountry of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishNo of seasons1No of episodes14ProductionExecutive producerMark FarkasOriginal releaseNetworkC SPANReleaseSeptember 9 2011 09 09 December 9 2011 2011 12 09 Contents 1 Selection of subjects 2 Programs 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksSelection of subjects editThe list of persons profiled was selected by C SPAN producer Mark Farkas and historian Richard Norton Smith who was a consultant to the series 2 Smith described the objective of their efforts as follows To give viewers an alternative school of American political history in particular It has famously been observed that the winners write the history books and there s a lot of truth to that But that means that we are deprived of It s like the dark side of the moon There s another whole story line and even more on the biographical level there are 14 people in this series many of whom I guarantee viewers may never have heard of And all of whom I can pretty much guarantee they will find interesting to fascinating and certainly surprising 2 Programs editOriginal air date Links to video of program Featured candidate Featured location IntervieweesSeptember 2 2011 Historians Preview N A Richard Norton Smith Jean Baker Carl CannonSeptember 9 2011 Henry Clay The Ashland Estate Lexington Kentucky James C Klotter Avery Malone Alicestyne TurleySeptember 16 2011 James G Blaine The Blaine House Augusta Maine Elizabeth D Leonard Paul LePage Neil Rolde Earle G Shettleworth Jr September 23 2011 William Jennings Bryan Fairview Lincoln Nebraska Michael Kazin L Robert Puschendorf William G Thomas IIISeptember 30 2011 Eugene Debs Eugene V Debs Home Terre Haute Indiana Ernest Freeberg Lisa A W Phillips Bernie SandersOctober 7 2011 Charles Evans Hughes United States Supreme Court Building Washington D C Paul D Clement Bernadette A Meyler Robb W Patryk David PietruszaOctober 14 2011 Al Smith Chamber of the New York State Assembly New York State Capitol Albany New York John J Evers Beverly Gage Sheldon Silver Alfred E Smith IVOctober 21 2011 Wendell Willkie Rush County Historical Society Rushville Indiana Richard Lugar James H Madison Amity Shlaes David WillkieOctober 28 2011 Thomas E Dewey The Roosevelt Hotel New York City New York Thomas E Dewey Jr Richard Norton SmithNovember 4 2011 Adlai Stevenson Adlai E Stevenson Historic Home Mettawa Illinois Newton N Minow Richard Norton Smith Adlai E Stevenson IIINovember 11 2011 Barry Goldwater The Goldwater Institute Phoenix Arizona Bill McCune Darcy Olsen Rick Perlstein November 18 2011 Hubert Humphrey The Minnesota History Center St Paul Minnesota Mick Caouette Juan WilliamsNovember 25 2011 George Wallace The Alabama Governor s Mansion Montgomery Alabama Dan T Carter Peggy Wallace Kennedy Joe L ReedDecember 2 2011 George McGovern McGovern Center for Leadership Dakota Wesleyan University Mitchell South Dakota Scott Clark Farris Jules Witcover Note McGovern himself had been scheduled to be part of this program but fell and injured himself on the way into the building where the program was being filmed 3 December 9 2011 Ross Perot Washington D C Carolyn Barta Douglas BrinkleyDecember 16 2011 Historians Retrospective N A Richard Norton Smith Jean Baker Carl CannonSee also editThey Also RanReferences edit The Contenders a Nod to Failed Candidates Who Still Changed History pbs org PBS Newshour 1 September 2011 Archived from the original on 2 September 2011 Retrieved 7 March 2016 a b The Contenders Historians Preview C SPAN 2 September 2011 Retrieved 7 March 2016 Friedman Chandler 2 December 2011 George McGovern taken to South Dakota hospital after fall CNN Retrieved 7 March 2016 External links editOfficial website The Contenders at IMDb nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Contenders amp oldid 1183518833, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
