When Ohio owned the White House

From the 1860s to the 1920s, presidents from Ohio dominated the landscape of American politics. This streak said something about Ohio, something about America, and even more about how we choose presidents.

6:00 – 7:00 PM | Reception
7:00 – 8:30 PM | Presentation

*Registration not required but requested for event planning.

This event is presented in partnership with the Ohio History Connection, the Clio Society, and America 250.

About the speaker:

H. W. (Henry William) Brands was born in Oregon, went to college in California, sold cutlery across the American West and earned graduate degrees in mathematics and history in Oregon and Texas. ~ He taught at Vanderbilt University and Texas A&M University before joining the faculty at the University of Texas at Austin, where he holds the Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair in History. ~ He writes on American history and politics, with books including American Patriarch, Founding Partisans and The Man Who Saved the Union. Several of his books have been bestsellers; two, Traitor to His Class and The First American, were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize. ~ He lectures frequently on historical and current events and can be seen and heard on national and international television, radio and social media. He publishes “A User’s Guide to History” at hwbrands.substack.com.