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Format: 1 online resource

ISBN: 9781479802098

Content: Shines a light on the constitutional issues that confronted and shaped each presidency from George Washington to the Progressive EraDrawing from the monumental The Presidents and the Constitution: A Living History, published in 2016, the nation’s foremost experts in the American presidency and the US Constitution join together to tell the intertwined stories of how the first twenty-seven distinctive American presidents have confronted and shaped the Constitution and thus defined the most powerful office in human history.From George Washington to William Howard Taft, The Presidents and the Constitution, Volume 1 illuminates the evolving American presidency in a unique way—through the lens of the Constitution itself. Arranged chronologically by president, the book examines the constitutional issues confronting each president in the context of the personalities driving historical events.The contributors illustrate the extensive powers of the American presidency in domestic and foreign affairs, showing how they have been used by the men who were granted them, and brings to light the overarching constitutional themes that span this country’s history and tie each presidency to the other branches of government.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Introduction: An Unfinished Presidency -- , Part I. The Founding Era -- , 1. George Washington -- , 2. John Adams -- , 3. Thomas Jefferson -- , 4. James Madison -- , 5. James Monroe -- , 6. John Quincy Adams -- , Part II. The Age of Jackson -- , 7. Andrew Jackson -- , 8. Martin Van Buren -- , 9. William Henry Harrison -- , 10. John Tyler -- , 11. James K. Polk -- , Part III. The Pre– Civil War Era -- , 12. Zachary Taylor -- , 13. Millard Fillmore -- , 14. Franklin Pierce -- , 15. James Buchanan -- , Part IV. Civil War and Reconstruction -- , 16. Abraham Lincoln -- , 17. Andrew Johnson -- , 18. Ulysses S. Grant -- , Part V. The Gilded Age -- , 19. Rutherford B. Hayes -- , 20. James A. Garfield -- , 21. Chester A. Arthur -- , 22. Grover Cleveland, First Term -- , 23. Benjamin Harrison -- , 24. Grover Cleveland, Second Term -- , 25. William McKinley -- , Part VI. The Progressive Era -- , 26. Theodore Roosevelt -- , 27. William Howard Taft -- , Conclusion: An Evolving American Presidency -- , Acknowledgments -- , Photo Credits -- , About the Contributors -- , Index , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.18574/9781479802098

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Format: 1 online resource (317 pages) : , illustrations, portraits

ISBN: 1-4798-0212-3 , 1-4798-0209-3

Content: Shines a light on the constitutional issues that confronted and shaped each presidency from George Washington to the Progressive EraDrawing from the monumental The Presidents and the Constitution: A Living History, published in 2016, the nation's foremost experts in the American presidency and the US Constitution join together to tell the intertwined stories of how the first twenty-seven distinctive American presidents have confronted and shaped the Constitution and thus defined the most powerful office in human history.From George Washington to William Howard Taft, The Presidents and the Constitution, Volume 1 illuminates the evolving American presidency in a unique way--through the lens of the Constitution itself. Arranged chronologically by president, the book examines the constitutional issues confronting each president in the context of the personalities driving historical events.The contributors illustrate the extensive powers of the American presidency in domestic and foreign affairs, showing how they have been used by the men who were granted them, and brings to light the overarching constitutional themes that span this country's history and tie each presidency to the other branches of government.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Introduction: An Unfinished Presidency -- , 1. George Washington -- , 2. John Adams -- , 3. Thomas Jefferson -- , 4. James Madison -- , 5. James Monroe -- , 6. John Quincy Adams -- , 7. Andrew Jackson -- , 8. Martin Van Buren -- , 9. William Henry Harrison -- , 10. John Tyler -- , 11. James K. Polk -- , 12. Zachary Taylor -- , 13. Millard Fillmore -- , 14. Franklin Pierce -- , 15. James Buchanan -- , 16. Abraham Lincoln -- , 17. Andrew Johnson -- , 18. Ulysses S. Grant -- , 19. Rutherford B. Hayes -- , 20. James A. Garfield -- , 21. Chester A. Arthur -- , 22. Grover Cleveland, First Term -- , 23. Benjamin Harrison -- , 24. Grover Cleveland, Second Term -- , 25. William McKinley -- , 26. Theodore Roosevelt -- , 27. William Howard Taft -- , Conclusion: An Evolving American Presidency -- , Acknowledgments -- , Photo Credits -- , About the Contributors -- , Index

Additional Edition: ISBN 1-4798-2323-6

Additional Edition: ISBN 1-4798-0206-9

Language: English

DOI: 10.18574/9781479802098