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Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Introduction
About This Book
Conventions Used in This Book
Icons Used in This Book
Beyond the Book
Where to Go from Here
Part 1 Understanding U.S. Presidents
Chapter 1 Presidents and the Presidency
Establishing the First U.S. Government
Facing problems
Writing a constitution
Drawing up the presidency
Interpreting presidential powers
Examining Presidential Influence on the Presidency
Challenging Congress: Andrew Jackson
Creating the imperial presidency: Franklin Roosevelt
Dethroning the imperial presidency: Richard Nixon
Restoring the imperial presidency: George W. Bush
Perfecting the Power to Shape Public Opinion
Persuading the people
Making use of the media
Performing Many Roles: Today’s President
Chapter 2 Presidential Rankings and Evaluations
Evaluating the Presidents
Policy leadership
Crisis management
Presidential appointments
Foreign standing
Character and integrity
Public persuasion
Presidential vision
Ranking U.S. Presidents
Explaining results
Changing rankings over time
Part 2 Starting with Known Quantities: Washington to John Quincy Adams
Chapter 3 Starting Well with George Washington
Washington’s Early Career
Proving his prowess in the military
Turning to politics
Fighting for Independence
Designing the New Country
President George Washington (1789–1797)
Dealing with the Issues of the Day
Passing the Bill of Rights
Splitting into two parties
Running unopposed for a second term
Establishing a policy of neutrality
Quelling civil strife
Stepping Down
Retiring Briefly
Chapter 4 The Authoritarian and the Philosopher: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
Founding the Country and Almost Destroying It: John Adams
Adams’s early career
Representing the new country
Running for president
President John Adams (1797–1801)
Losing the presidency in 1800
Master of Multitasking: Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson’s early political career
President Thomas Jefferson (1801–1809)
Keeping busy in retirement
Chapter 5 Prominent but Ineffective: Madison, Monroe, and John Quincy Adams
James Madison: From Founding Father to Presidential Flop
Madison’s early career
Serving in Congress
Returning to national politics
Fighting the British for the last time
Changing policies and retiring
Succeeding Abroad, Failing at Home: James Monroe
Monroe’s early career
Serving well: Monroe’s foreign policy
Serving not so well: Monroe’s domestic policy
Running unopposed
Calling it quits after two terms
Like Father, Like Son: John Quincy Adams
Getting elected at home
Going back to Europe
Picked by the House
President John Quincy Adams (1825–1829)
Going back to Congress
Part 3 Enduring the Best and the Worst: Jackson to Buchanan
Chapter 6 Standing Firm: Andrew Jackson
Jackson’s Early Career
Going to war
Saved by a political enemy
Suffering through the Stolen Election of 1824
President Andrew Jackson (1829–1837)
Dealing with states’ rights and tariffs
Hating banks
Forcing Native Americans west
Getting tough with France
Cruising toward reelection
Deciding what to do with Texas
Reaching retirement
Chapter 7 Forgettable: Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, and Tyler
Martin Van Buren, Master of Politics
Going from law to politics
Establishing a political machine
Politicking at the national level
President Martin Van Buren (1837–1841)
Losing badly in 1840
Staging a minor comeback and retiring
The Founder of the Image Campaign: William Henry Harrison
Using politics and militia against Native Americans
Focusing on politics
President William Henry Harrison (1841–1841)
Stepping into the Presidency: John Tyler
Supporting states’ rights and slavery
Balancing the ticket; becoming president
President John Tyler (1841–1845)
Dying a Confederate
Chapter 8 Dreaming of California: James K. Polk
Young Hickory
Polk’s Early Political Career
Texas to the Rescue
Keeping His Campaign Simple
President James Polk (1845–1849)
Establishing a treasury system
Expanding north and south
Winning the War but Losing the Battle
Choosing Not to Run Again
Chapter 9 Working Up to the Civil War: Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, and Buchanan
Trying to Preserve the Union: Zachary Taylor
Fighting Native Americans and Mexicans
President Zachary Taylor (1849–1850)
Serving for just one year
Making Things Worse: Millard Fillmore
Fillmore’s early career
President Millard Fillmore (1850–1853)
Turning racist
Sympathizing with the South: Franklin Pierce
A Northern Democrat with a Southern soul
Pierce’s early political career
President Franklin Pierce (1853–1857)
Controversial to the end
Failing to Save the Union: James Buchanan
Buchanan’s early career
President James Buchanan (1857–1861)
Sitting by through secession
Part 4 Becoming a Force in the World: Lincoln to Hoover
Chapter 10 Preserving the Union: Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln’s Early Political Career
Getting ready for the national level
Studying law on the side
A Star Is Born
Annoying everyone
Voting his conscience on slavery
Debating his way to national prominence
President Abraham Lincoln (1861–1865)
Dealing with secession
Confronting the Confederacy
The Civil War
Issuing the Emancipation Proclamation
Motivating the Confederacy
Drafting soldiers: North and South
Addressing the crowds at Gettysburg
Lincoln’s Short Second Term
Offering terms of surrender
Serving briefly
Chapter 11 Reconstructing the Country: Johnson, Grant, and Hayes
From Poverty to the Presidency: Andrew Johnson
Getting into politics: Johnson’s early career
Acting on his prejudices
President Andrew Johnson (1865–1869)
Enter a War Hero: Ulysses Simpson Grant
Grant’s early career
Becoming a war hero
Entering politics
President Ulysses Simpson Grant (1869–1877)
Passing on a third term
Corruption Leads to an Uncorrupt President: Rutherford Birchard Hayes
Hayes’s early career
Governing Ohio
President Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1877–1881)
Chapter 12 Closing Out the Century: Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland, and Benjamin Harrison
A Promising President Is Assassinated: James Abram Garfield
Garfield’s early political career
President James Abram Garfield (1881–1881)
Being assassinated
The Unexpected President: Chester Alan Arthur
Arthur’s early political career
Staging the comeback of his life
President Chester Alan Arthur (1881–1885)
Making History by Serving Nonconsecutive Terms: Grover Cleveland
Cleveland’s early political career
President Stephen Grover Cleveland (1885–1889 and 1893–1897)
Serving again
Retiring to Princeton
The Spoiled Republican: Benjamin Harrison
Harrison’s early political career
President Benjamin Harrison (1889–1893)
Losing in 1892
Returning to his legal career
Chapter 13 Influencing the World: McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, and Taft
Discarding Isolationism: William McKinley
Being a loyal Republican
President William McKinley (1897–1901)
Getting reelected and assassinated
Building a Strong Foreign Policy: Theodore Roosevelt
Becoming governor of New York and vice president
President Theodore Roosevelt (1901–1909)
Winning reelection in 1904
Saying no to a third term
Becoming a Bull Moose
Retiring for good
The President Who Hated Politics: William Howard Taft (1909–1913)
Taft’s early career
President William Howard Taft (1909–1913)
Beating the odds and accomplishing quite a bit
Losing the presidency, gaining the Supreme Court
Chapter 14 Protecting Democracy: Woodrow Wilson
Studying Government
Breaking into Politics in New Jersey
Governing New Jersey
Running for president in 1912
President Woodrow Wilson (1913–1921)
Managing the media
Establishing a moral foreign policy
Being Drawn into the War
Winning reelection and preparing for war
Entering World War I
Getting the public involved
Making the Peace
Advocating Fourteen Points
Traveling to Europe
Losing the peace at home
Serving out his term
Chapter 15 Roaring through the ’20s with Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover
Living the High Life: Warren G. Harding
Harding’s early political career
Becoming president by default
President Warren Gamaliel Harding (1921–1923)
Dying suddenly
Quietly Doing Nothing: John Calvin Coolidge
Coolidge’s early career
President Calvin Coolidge (1923–1929)
Serving a second term
Choosing not to run
A Great Humanitarian, but a Bad President: Herbert Hoover
Hoover’s early career
President Herbert Clark Hoover (1929–1933)
Staying active in retirement
Part 5 Instituting the Imperial Presidency: Franklin Roosevelt to Richard Nixon
Chapter 16 Boosting the Country and Bringing Back Beer: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt’s Early Political Career
Serving in the executive branch
Overcoming polio
Governing New York
Preparing for the presidency
Winning in 1932
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1933–1945)
Rescuing the economy
Fighting the Supreme Court in term two
Winning a Third Term, Facing a World War
Fighting isolationism
Dealing with neutrality
Helping democracy survive
Creeping closer to war
Fighting World War II
Winning the War
Running and Winning One More Time
Pondering postwar problems
Dying suddenly
Chapter 17 Stopping the Buck at Harry Truman
Truman’s Early Political Career
Entering the Senate
Making his mark in the Senate
Receiving the vice-presidential nomination
President Harry S. Truman (1945–1953)
Getting up to speed on the war effort
Stopping the spread of communism and recognizing Israel
Reforming the country
Defeating Dewey in 1948
Hating His Second Term
Losing China to communism
Fighting in Korea
Succeeding at home
Ceding to Stevenson
Chapter 18 Liking Ike: Dwight David Eisenhower
Eisenhower’s Early Military Career
Getting ready for World War II
Liberating France
Finishing off Germany
Retiring from the Military
Defending NATO
Squeaking by
Campaigning in 1952
President Dwight David Eisenhower (1953–1961)
Dealing with the Brown vs. the Board of Education case
Managing military matters
Changing foreign policy
Running for reelection
Staying active in retirement
Chapter 19 Fulfilling Family Expectations: John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Kennedy’s Early Political Career
Serving in the Senate
Campaigning for the presidency
President John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1961–1963)
Changing Foreign Policy
Dealing with arms and the U.S.S.R.
Helping the Third World: Creating the Peace Corps
Stepping into the Bay of Pigs
Building a wall in Berlin
Increasing U.S. involvement in Vietnam
Attending to Domestic Policy
Pushing for civil rights
Heading to the moon
A Promising Life Cut Short
Chapter 20 Fighting for Might and Right: Lyndon Johnson
Johnson’s Early Political Career
Serving in the House of Representatives
Trying for the Senate
Serving in the Senate
Becoming vice president and president
President Lyndon Baines Johnson (1963–1969)
Honoring Kennedy’s agenda
Pushing his own agenda: The Great Society
Getting involved in Vietnam
Chapter 21 Covering Up: Richard Nixon
Nixon’s Early Political Career
Pursuing communists in the House
Red-baiting his way to the Senate
Delivering California and being chosen vice president
Serving as vice president
Losing the Presidential Race in 1960
Contending from Coast to Coast
President Richard Milhous Nixon (1969–1974)
Ending the war in Vietnam
Having more successes in foreign policy
Dealing with domestic issues
Serving Part of a Second Term
Falling prey to the Watergate scandal
Resigning the presidency
Retiring and rehabilitating
Part 6 Changing the Dynamics: Gerald Ford to Donald J. Trump
Chapter 22 The Career Politician and the Peanut Farmer: Ford and Carter
Stepping in for Nixon: Gerald Ford
Ford’s early political career
President Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. (1974–1977)
Retiring publicly
Sharing Faith and Principles: Jimmy Carter
Carter’s early political career
President James Earl Carter, Jr. (1977–1981)
Losing his reelection bid
Retiring but not retreating
Chapter 23 A Starring Role for Ronald Reagan
Reagan’s Early Career
Governing California
Challenging Ford in 1976
Winning the presidency in 1980
President Ronald Wilson Reagan (1981–1989)
Surviving an assassination attempt
Stimulating the economy
Increasing the national debt
Breaking a strike
Implementing conservative social policies
Packing the Supreme Court
Reestablishing U.S. World Domination
Influencing events around the globe
Dealing with the Soviets
Dealing with Scandal in His Second Term
Keeping the Revolution Alive during Retirement
Chapter 24 Acting Out: George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton
Bringing an End to the Cold War: George Bush
Bush’s early political career
President George Herbert Walker Bush (1989–1993)
Losing reelection in 1992
Retiring and advising
Scandal Amid Domestic Policy Success: Bill Clinton
Clinton’s early political career
Running for president in 1992
President William Jefferson Clinton (1993–2001)
Losing Congress in 1994
Winning reelection in 1996
Leaving under a cloud
Chapter 25 Getting the Call: George W. Bush
Bush’s Early Career
Running for governor
Governing Texas
Running for the Presidency
Surviving the 2000 Election
Going to court
Being appointed
President George Walker Bush (2001–2009)
Domestic accomplishments
Foreign policy
Disaster Strikes
Punishing terrorists
Dealing with Afghanistan
Going to war against Iraq
Dealing with the defeated Iraq
Winning Reelection
Getting sunk by a hurricane
The Great Recession of 2007/2008
Going into Retirement
Chapter 26 Breaking Tradition: Barack H. Obama
Growing Up Global
Getting involved in politics
Going back to school
From Senator to President: Obama’s Political Journey
Starting at the state level
Serving in the U.S. Senate
Campaigning for the nomination
Getting elected president
President Barack H. Obama (2009–2017)
Tackling the recession
Changing healthcare
Being progressive
Protecting the environment
Getting reelected
Dealing with Foreign Policy
Being stuck in Afghanistan
Fighting a new enemy
The Arab Spring and failing in Syria
Being Active in Retirement
Chapter 27 A Billionaire in the White House: Donald John Trump
Growing Up Wealthy
Succeeding in Business
Marrying a model
Failing in Atlantic City
Getting into golf and loving Florida
Entering Politics
Going on TV and receiving national exposure
Turning on democrats
Running for the presidency
Winning the nomination
Winning in 2016
Shocking the world
Being Controversial at Home
Implementing domestic policies
Succeeding economically
Being Controversial Abroad
Scandals: Defining Trump’s Presidency
The Russia scandal
The Ukraine scandal
Part 7 The Part of Tens
Chapter 28 The Ten Best Presidents
Abraham Lincoln
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
George Washington
Harry Truman
Ronald Reagan
Thomas Jefferson
Woodrow Wilson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
James Polk
Chapter 29 The Ten Worst Presidents
Andrew Johnson
Warren G. Harding
Franklin Pierce
James Buchanan
John Tyler
Millard Fillmore
Ulysses S. Grant
William Henry Harrison
Martin Van Buren
Herbert Hoover
Chapter 30 Ten Presidential Libraries Worth Visiting
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum
George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum
William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum
George H. W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum
Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum
Dwight D. Eisenhower Library and Museum
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum
Jimmy Carter Library and Museum
Appendix Presidential Facts
Index
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