in 1861 between james buchanan and abraham lincoln, and in 1933 between herbert hoover and franklin roosevelt. >> several states not recognize the election of abraham lincoln as legitimate. they considered him a sectional president for the fact that, by and large his support came from non-slave states. soher had he been elected than south carolina makes good on its promise to proceed toward seceding from the nation. >> it was clear that hoover had lost the election, but he never conceded the substance of the argument, he continued to believe that the new deal, as was bald head it during the campaign and began to work towards it after the election, represented a threat toward the american way of life. so he devoted himself to preventing roosevelt from being able to enacted. >> contentious presidential

elections, sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. kelly,r astronaut, mark was sworn in as the senate's newest member nearly a month after winning arizona's special election. senator kelly will serve the remaining term of late member john mccain. joined by family members for a ceremonial swearing-in from the old senate chamber. is.e he is now stationed in tucson. expecting our first grandchild in april. >> congratulations. >> my daughter. >> is that right? >> yes, in may. >> that is exciting. >> thank you for asking. >> first lieutenant.

>> he is the captain now. >> my daughter married a guy who you trained with in mississippi. he is now deployed on the nimitz. >> that is great. >> is that your plane? >> test pilot on the --. >> ah, ok. [indistinct conversations] [glass shatters] [cameras shuttering] [laughter] >> that is great. it is an honor for me. >> we do this whole thing? >> we do the whole thing again. the ceremony. however you want to do it. and i think i have a tool mark. they have got us in good shape. let's do it again. raise your right hand, please.

do you solemnly swear that you will support the constitution of the united states against all domestic,oreign and that you will bear true faith and allegiance, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and you will discharge the duties of the office of which you are about to enter, so help you god? >> i do. [cheers] >> i would love to say hello. >> my daughter. claire. >> congratulations. >> claudia. >> claudia? are you the one that -- ? >> yes. that sits the one

high. can i just say thank you? >> my pleasure. >> my brother actually, my whole there is some connection here. on your calendar. >> yes, his friend was a classmate of mark. >> ok, great. how is he doing? >> he is doing very well. most exciting for us, his wife is expecting our first grandchild. >> oh! >> congratulations! thatjust told the senator michael trained with the man in mississippi who married our daughter. he is now deployed. navy guy. thank you. i couldn't remember which kelly. it was very kind. >> we had a great time.

[indiscernible] >> he would probably like to be more like you guys. toi actually enjoyed talking him about flying the f-35 and what it was like. special kind of airplane. >> yeah. about it you can talk much more substantially than i can or ever will be. but congratulations to you and your family. >> thank you. >> photo? >> sure. >> don't know if you will remember this, but in 2006, after my second spaceflight -- [indiscernible] shuttle.ace very special. >> all right.

hold it. >> good. up there and then we will come back down. everybody, look at me again. >> great. 3 -- ready, 1, 2, 3. >> thank you. appreciate it. congratulations to you, too. very exciting, very exciting.

i hope you are as proud as i am. i love the work you have done at nasa the last four years. we want to encourage you in that regard. again, human space exploration -- and we are excited about. >> we are just the operations. >> right. >> thank you. >> congratulations, senator. it is my honor. i hope you enjoy your day and we will put you right to work. we will let you get to it. great to see you. congratulations to your family. ok. >> nice to meet you, mr. vice president. >> thank you. >> absolutely.

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