by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Aug 10, 2024
On November 13, Ann Beattie will present “General Benjamin Butler: Rapscallion Reformer.” General Benjamin Butler was born and bred in New Hampshire. He was a colorful, dynamic and audacious politician. He served as a Union Army general during the Civil War, earning...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Mar 26, 2024
Athenaeum Proprietor Jack McGee presents Levi Woodbury: From ‘Baby Judge’ to U.S. Supreme Court (and Threshold of the White House). Born in Francestown, New Hampshire, Levi Woodbury established a legal practice there in 1812. He was named to New...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Mar 26, 2024
Both scholars and the public remember Franklin Pierce, the only person from New Hampshire elected to the American Presidency, as one of the nation’s worst chief executives, largely because he exacerbated the sectional crisis that led to the Civil War. Pierce is often...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Mar 26, 2024
Polling expert, David W. Moore presents, Misreading the Public: The Failed Promise of Public Opinion Polling. He will explore the origins of “scientific” public opinion polling, with George Gallup being the iconic representative of the early pollsters whose goal was...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Mar 26, 2024
Granite State Politics and First-in-the-Nation Presidential Primary: A Journalist’s Perspective will be presented by James Pindell who will relate some of his experiences in reporting on New Hampshire politics and on election campaigning in the State. In...