The process of government under Jefferson / by Noble E. Cunningham, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cunningham, Noble E., 1926-2007, author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.

Jefferson, Thomas.

United States--Politics and government--1801-1809.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (372 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1978.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Based on an exploration of the total mass of executive and legislative records for the years 1801-1809-something no other scholar has attempted-this thoroughly documented account describes the machinery and operation of the presidential office, the Cabinet, the departments, and other offices and commissions in the executive branch. It also explains the organization and processes of the national legislature. Cunningham has cleared away many errors and misconceptions, among them the claim that Jefferson was not interested in the normal process of day-to-day administration. In fact, Jefferson emerges as one of the most effective administrators ever to occupy the Presidency. This is an important and path-breaking study in administrative and legislative history." -Julian P. Boyd, Princeton UniversityOriginally published in 1978.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Tables

Preface

I. A New Administration

II. The President as Chief Executive

III. Presidential Decisionmaking

IV. The President's Cabinet

V. The Making of the Annual Message

VI. The Four Departments

VII. The Executive Complement

VIII. Appointments and Removals

IX. Executive-Congressional Relations

X. The Anatomy of Congressional Committees

XI. A Deliberative Body

XII. Parties and Pressures in Congress

XIII. The Process of Petition

XIV. The Jeffersonian Experience

Appendix I

Bibliographical Note

Index

Backmatter

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: [333]-337.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-691-63626-5

1-4008-6796-7

OCLC:

933516376