On Midday today, a look at the life and legacy of Sen. Charles Mathias. He was a liberal Republican popular in Maryland for more than two decades and was known by his colleagues as the “conscience of the Senate.”
A new collection of essays about Sen. Mathias by staffers who worked with him and elected officials who served with him paints a portrait of a principled man who put country above party and who served with integrity and passion. The book is called Mathias of Maryland: Remembering a Lincoln Republican in the Senate.
Frederic Hill, a co-editor and contributor to the collection, and Norman Ornstein, a former congressional staffer who wrote the foreword to this important new book, join Midday to discuss.
Join Hill tonight at 7:00 p.m. at the Church of the Redeemer in Charles Village for a discussion of Mathias of Maryland: Remembering a Lincoln Republican in the Senate.
![Monica Healy, left, and Frederic Hill, center, co-edited 'Mathias of Maryland.' Norman Ornstein, right, wrote the book's foreword.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/e66c4fe/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/880x495!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F7d%2F28%2Fbfbb802240caa3cc4bf45bac119d%2Fmathias-of-maryland-author-combo-1.png)