Watch Contenders: They Lost The Election But Changed Political History Online


As the presidential campaign gets in full swing this fall, C-SPAN is premiering a new history series, 14 live weekly programs that help put America’s present electoral politics in historical perspective. Starting Sept. 9 and coinciding with the traditional post-Labor Day campaign kickoff, “The Contenders: They Lost the Election But Changed Political History” will reach across time, political parties, and geography to present political figures who (Source: CSPAN)


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Season 1

1x14 09-Dec-2011 Ross Perot - Texas NEW

1x13 02-Dec-2011 George McGovern - McGovern Center for Leadership, Mitchell, SD 

1x12 25-Nov-2011 George Wallace - Montgomery, AL 

1x11 18-Nov-2011 Hubert Humphrey - MN Historical Society, St. Paul 

1x10 11-Nov-2011 Barry Goldwater - Arizona 

1x09 04-Nov-2011 Adlai Stevenson - Stevenson Family Farm, Libertyville, IL 

1x08 28-Oct-2011 Thomas E. Dewey - New York 

1x07 21-Oct-2011 Wendell Willkie - Rushville, IN 

1x06 14-Oct-2011 Al Smith - Albany, NY 

1x05 07-Oct-2011 Charles Evans Hughes - Washington, DC 

1x04 30-Sep-2011 Eugene Debs - Debs Home, Terre Haute, IN 

1x03 23-Sep-2011 William Jennings Bryan - “Fairview” Home, Lincoln, NE 

1x02 16-Sep-2011 James G. Blaine - Blaine House, Augusta, Maine 

1x01 09-Sep-2011 Henry Clay - Ashland Estate, Lexington, KY