The Contenders

As the 2012 presidential campaign gets in full swing, C-SPAN brings you “The Contenders” – a 14 part series that helps put America's present electoral politics in historical perspective. Reaching across time, political parties, and geography, "The Contenders" presents key figures who have run for president and lost, but changed political history nevertheless.

TV SCHEDULE
September 09 8 PM ET	Henry Clay from Ashland Estate, Lexington, KY	WATCH
September 16 8 PM ET	James G. Blaine from Blaine House, Augusta, ME	WATCH
September 23 8 PM ET	William Jennings Bryan from “Fairview” William Jennings Bryan Home, Lincoln, NE	WATCH
September 30 8 PM ET	Eugene Debs from Debs Home, Terre Haute, IN	WATCH
October 07 8 PM ET	Charles Evans Hughes from Supreme Court, Washington, DC	WATCH
October 14 8 PM ET	Al Smith from State Assembly Chamber, Albany, NY	WATCH
October 21 8 PM ET	Wendell Willkie from Rushville, IN	WATCH
October 28 8 PM ET	Thomas E. Dewey from New York	WATCH
November 04 8 PM ET	Adlai Stevenson from Family Home, Libertyville, IL	WATCH
November 11 8 PM ET	Barry Goldwater from Goldwater Institute, Phoenix	WATCH
November 18 8 PM ET	Hubert Humphrey from MN Historical Society, St. Paul, MN	WATCH
November 25 8 PM ET	George Wallace from Governor's Mansion, Montgomery, AL	WATCH
December 02 8 PM ET	George McGovern from McGovern Center for Leadership, Mitchell, SD	WATCH
December 09 8 PM ET	Ross Perot from Washington, DC	WATCH