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America’s Political Dynasties: From Adams to Clinton

America was founded in rebellion against nobility and inherited status.

Yet dynastic families—the Adamses, the Lodges, the Tafts, the Roosevelts, 
the Kennedys, the Bushes and the Clintons—have been conspicuous in national politics right from the start. Longtime presidential historian Stephen Hess, a senior fellow emeritus in Governance studies at the Brookings Institution, offers an encyclopedic tour of the families that have loomed large over America’s political history.

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Stephen Hess is a senior fellow emeritus in Governance Studies at The Brookings Institution. He served on White House staff during Eisenhower and Nixon presidencies and as advisor to Presidents Ford and Carter. Hess also was distinguished research professor of media and public affairs at the George Washington University. His other books include The Professor and the President: Daniel Patrick Moynihan in the Nixon White House.











When: Thu., Feb. 18, 2016 at 12:00 pm
Where: The 92nd Street Y, New York
1395 Lexington Ave.
212-415-5500
Price: $25
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America was founded in rebellion against nobility and inherited status.

Yet dynastic families—the Adamses, the Lodges, the Tafts, the Roosevelts, 
the Kennedys, the Bushes and the Clintons—have been conspicuous in national politics right from the start. Longtime presidential historian Stephen Hess, a senior fellow emeritus in Governance studies at the Brookings Institution, offers an encyclopedic tour of the families that have loomed large over America’s political history.

Brief Bio

Stephen Hess is a senior fellow emeritus in Governance Studies at The Brookings Institution. He served on White House staff during Eisenhower and Nixon presidencies and as advisor to Presidents Ford and Carter. Hess also was distinguished research professor of media and public affairs at the George Washington University. His other books include The Professor and the President: Daniel Patrick Moynihan in the Nixon White House.

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