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The forgotten presidents : their untold constitutional legacy / Michael J. Gerhardt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gerhardt, Michael J., 1956-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Presidents--Legal status, laws, etc--United States--History.
- Presidents.
- Executive power--United States--History.
- Executive power.
- Constitutional history--United States.
- Constitutional history.
- United States--Politics and government.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (336 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, c2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In 'The Forgotten Presidents', eminent constitutional scholar Michael Gerhardt tells the stories of thirteen presidents whom most Americans do not remember and scholars think had no constitutional impact, among them Chester Arthur, Martin Van Buren, and William Howard Taft. As Gerhardt shows, our forgotten presidents played crucial roles in laying some of the groundwork followed by Lincoln and other modern presidents, as well as providing examples for future lawmakers of constitutional choices to avoid.
- Contents:
- Martin Van Buren
- William Henry Harrison
- John Tyler
- Zachary Taylor
- Millard Fillmore
- Franklin Pierce
- Chester Arthur
- Grover Cleveland (1)
- Benjamin Harrison
- Grover Cleveland (2)
- William Howard Taft
- Calvin Coolidge
- Jimmy Carter.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Mar. 12, 2013).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-996781-4
- 0-19-933326-2
- 1-299-45788-6
- 0-19-996780-6
- OCLC:
- 922971748
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