Congressman George S. Boutwell: Radical Republican & Champion of Democracy
Congressman George S. Boutwell: Radical Republican & Champion of Democracy
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While Congressman George S. Boutwell of Massachusetts interacted with James Buchanan during the Antebellum Era and worked with Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War and Thaddeus Stevens during Reconstruction, he remains the most consequential American political figure you’ve never heard of. In this lecture, the Congressman’s distant relative, Dr. Jeffrey Boutwell, traces a life that offers an insider’s view of the pivotal moments that laid the groundwork for modern America.
Dr. Jeffrey Boutwell is a writer, historian, and policy specialist whose forty-year career spanned journalism, government, and international scientific cooperation. He has a B.A. in history from Yale University, a Ph.D. in political science from MIT, and has written widely on nuclear weapons arms control, Middle East security issues, and environmental degradation and civil conflict. He lives in Columbia, Maryland. His book, Boutwell: Radical Republican and Champion of Democracy (2025, W.W. Norton) will be available from major retailers on January 21, 2025.
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