The American presidency : origins and development, 1776-2025 / Sidney M. Milkis, University of Virginia ; Michael Nelson, Rhodes College.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Milkis, Sidney M., Author.

Nelson, Michael, 1949- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presidents--United States--History.

Presidents.

Executive power--United States--History.

Executive power.

Constitutional history--United States.

Constitutional history.

Politics and government.

United States--Politics and government.

United States.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

xvii, 552 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

illustration

Edition:

Tenth edition.

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, California : CQ Press, an imprint of Sage, [2027]

Summary:

"The American Presidency examines the constitutional foundation of the executive office and the social, economic, political, and international forces that have reshaped it along with the influence individual presidents have had. Authors Sidney Milkis and Michael Nelson look at each presidency broadly, focusing on how individual presidents have sought to navigate the complex and ever-changing terrain of the executive office and revealing the major developments that launched a modern presidency at the dawn of the twentieth century. By connecting presidential conduct to the defining eras of American history and the larger context of politics and government in the United States, this award-winning book offers perspective and insight on the limitations and possibilities of presidential power"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1. The Constitutional Convention. Antecedents ; The Constitutional Convention

2. Creating the Presidency. The Making of the Presidency : An Overview ; Number of the Executive ; Selection and Succession ; Term of Office ; Removal ; Institutional Separation from Congress ; Enumerated Powers ; The Vice Presidency ; Ratifying the Constitution

3. Bringing the Constitutional Presidency to Life. The Election of George Washington ; Making the Presidency Safe for Democracy ; Forming the Executive and Judicial Branches ; Presidential "Supremacy' and the Conduct of the Executive Branch ; Presidential Nonpartisanship and the Beginning of Party Conflict ; Washington's Retirement and the Jay Treaty : The Constitutional Crisis of 1796 ; The 1796 Election ; The Embattled Presidency of John Adams ; The Alien and Sedition Acts

4. The Triumph of Jeffersonianism. The "Revolution" of 1800 ; Jefferson's War with the Judiciary ; The Democratic-Republican Program and the Adjustment to Power ; The Limits of "Popular" Leadership ; The Twelfth Amendment ; Jefferson's Mixed Legacy ; The Presidency of James Madison and the Rise of the House of Representatives ; The Presidency of James Monroe

5. The Age of Jackson. Jacksonian Democracy ; The Rise of the Party Convention ; Jackson's Struggle with Congress ; The Aftermath of the Bank Veto ; The Decline of the Cabinet ; The Limits of the Jacksonian Presidency ; Martin Van Buren and the Panic of 1837 ; The Jacksonian Presidency Sustained ; John Tyler and the Problem of Presidential Succession ; The Presidency of James K. Polk ; The Slavery Controversy and the Twilight of the Jacksonian Presidency

6. The Presidency of Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln and the Slavery Controversy ; The Election of 1860 ; Lincoln and Secession ; Lincoln's Wartime Measures ; The Emancipation Proclamation ; The Election of 1864 ; Lincoln's Legacy

7. The Reaction against Presidential Power. Reconstruction and the Assault on Executive Authority ; The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson ; Ulysses S. Grant and the Abdication of Executive Power ; The Fight to Restore Presidential Power ; Congressional Government and the Prelude to a More Active Presidency ; The Presidency of William McKinley

8. Progressive Politics and Executive Power. Theodore Roosevelt and the Expansion of Executive Power ; The Troubled Presidency of William Howard Taft ; Progressive Politics and the Elections of 1912 ; Woodrow Wilson's Theory of Executive Leadership ; Wilson and Party Reform ; The Art of Popular Leadership ; Wilson's Relations with Congress ; Wilson as World Leader

9. The Triumph of Conservative Republicanism. The Harding Era ; The "Silent" Politics of Calvin Coolidge ; Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression ; The Twentieth Amendment

10. The Consolidation of the Modern Presidency. Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Modern Presidency ; The Modern Presidency Sustained : Truman and Eisenhower

11. Personalizing the Presidency. John F. Kennedy and the Rise of the "Personal Presidency" ; Lyndon B. Johnson and Presidential Government ; The Twenty-Fifth Amendment ; The Presidency of Richard Nixon ; Gerald R. Ford and the Post-Watergate Era ; A President Named Jimmy

12. A Restoration of Presidential Power? The Reagan Revolution ; A Reagan Court? ; The Presidency of George Bush ; The Presidency of Bill Clinton ; The Election of 1992 ; The First Year of the Clinton Presidency ; The 1994 Elections and the Restoration of Divided Government ; The Comeback President ; Balanced Budgets, Impeachment Politics, and the Limits of the Third Way

13. George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Unilateral Presidential Power. The Presidency of George W. Bush ; The 2000 Election ; Bush v. Gore ; The Early Months of the Bush Presidency ; September 11 and the War on Terror ; An Expanded Presidency ; Bush and the Republican Party ; Courts and Parties ; Partisanship and Unilateralism ; The Presidency of Barack Obama ; The 2008 Elections ; Obama's First Two Years ; We Can't Wait: Obama and the Administrative Presidency ; Obama's Reelection and the Perils of Partisanship ; Obama, Partisanship, and the War on Terrorism ; Barack Obama's Fragile Legacy

14. The Perils of Presidentialism: Trump 45, Biden 46, and Trump 47. The 2016 Election ; Trump 45 ; Trump's Administrative Presidency ; Trump and Congress ; Trump and the Rhetorical Presidency ; Foreign Policy ; The Hazards of Executive-Centered Partisanship

The 2020 Election ; Biden 46 ; The 2024 Election ; Trump 47 ; The Modern Presidency and the Future of American Democracy

Chapter 15. The Vice Presidency. The Founding Period ; The Vice Presidency in the 19th Century ; Theodore Roosevelt to Harry S. Truman ; The Modern Vice Presidency

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781071917411

1071917412

OCLC:

1586794376

Publisher Number:

90105020736