Joanne B. Freeman, who was rated one of the nation's "Top Young Historians" in 2005, will discuss the physical violence in the U.S. Congress between 1830 and the Civil War on Monday, April 30, at SUNY ...

2016-02-20T18:54:57-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/3fa/20160220193709003_hd.jpgJoanne Freeman and Brian Balogh talked about the history of political parties and ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Joanne B. Freeman is a Professor for the History Department in the Yale University with 25 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2001 Speech as an ...

1. Ours is not the first era when American democracy inspired rage and violence. In “The Field of Blood,” Joanne Freeman explores more than 70 violent incidents that took place between the 1830s and ...

Introductions: Tobacco-stained rugs and Benjamin Brown French -- The Union incarnate for better and worse : the United States Congress -- The mix of men in Congress : meeting place of North and South ...

Congress has been here before. It wasn’t pretty. By Joanne B. Freeman Dr. Freeman has spent her career as a historian analyzing political violence in America, in duels, in Congress and elsewhere.

The “spoils system” of the 19th century filled the government with party loyalists and increased corruption across the country, until a popular political movement created appetite for reform.

Fmr. Rep. Charlie Dent and Yale Professor Joanne Freeman join Ali Velshi to discuss the dangerous theatrics that unfolded during the GOP’s speaker vote chaos this week, including threats of violence ...