The Presidency A to Z

Gerhard Peters, John T. Woolley, Michael Nelson, Gerhard D. Peters, John T. Woolley, Michael C. Nelson

• Publisher: CQ Press
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN: 9781608719082
• eBook ISBN: 9781452234304
• Edition: 5
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: American Government
• Index: Politics & International Relations

The one-stop reference on all aspects of the U.S. presidency, The Presidency A to Z, Fifth Edition is an authoritative and accessible volume providing all the basic information readers need to understand the executive branch. This new and extensively revised fifth edition features important new entries on Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, John McCain, Guantanamo Bay, and War in Afghanistan. It also includes updated entries on Campaign Finance, Iraq War, Presidents? relationship with Congress, and many more.

 

More 300 comprehensive, easy-to-read entries offer quick information and in-depth background on how the executive branch has responded to the challenges facing the nation. Readers will find:

 

·         Biographies of every president and many others important to the office

·         Explanations of broader concepts and powers relating to the presidency

·         Complete election coverage and analysis

·         Discussions of relations with Congress, the Supreme Court, the bureaucracy, political parties, the media, interest groups, and the public

·         Exploration of the policies of each president and their impact on U.S. and world history

Table of contents

• THE PRESIDENCY A TO Z -FRONT COVER
• THE PRESIDENCY A TO Z
• CONTENTS
• LIST OF FIGURES AND LIST OF TABLES
• ABOUT THE AUTHORS
• PREFACE
• A
• Adams, Abigail
• Adams, John
• Adams, John Quincy
• Agnew, Spiro T.
• Agriculture Department
• Air Force One
• Appointment and Removal Power (Executive Branch)
• Background
• Appointment Process
• Constraints
• Senate Role
• Personnel System
• Removal Power
• Arthur, Chester A.
• Article II
• Assassinations and Assaults
• Abraham Lincoln
• James A. Garfield
• William McKinley
• John F. Kennedy
• Other Assaults
• Presidential Security
• B
• Background of Presidents
• Similarities of Background
• Differences in Background
• Barkley, Alben W.
• Bell, John
• Biden, Joseph Jr.
• Blaine, James G.
• Blair House
• Breckinridge, John C.
• Brownlow Committee
• Bryan, William Jennings
• Buchanan, James
• Buckley v. Valeo
• Budget Process
• The Process
• Background
• Budget Reforms
• Bureaucracy
• Structure of the Bureaucracy
• Growth of the Bureaucracy
• Presidents and the Bureaucracy
• Burr, Aaron
• Bush, Barbara
• Bush, George H. W.
• Bush, George W.
• Early Political Career
• Presidential Nomination and Campaign
• Presidency
• Bush, Laura
• Bush v. Gore
• C
• Cabinet
• Cabinet’s Role
• Origins
• Nineteenth Century
• Modern Cabinets
• Cabinet Members
• Calhoun, John C.
• Camp David
• Campaign Debates
• Vice-Presidential Debates
• Prenomination Debates
• Campaign Financing
• Public Money
• Money in Primaries
• Money in the General Campaign
• Campaign Finance Overhaul
• Comparative Party Strength
• Corporations
• Carter, Jimmy
• Carter, Rosalynn
• Central Intelligence Agency
• Cheney, Richard B.
• Chief of Staff
• Chief of State
• Ceremonial Duties
• Enhancement of Power
• Role in Foreign Policy
• Partisan Politics
• Burdens of Chief of State
• Dangers of Deference
• Civil Service
• Civil Service Today
• Civil War
• Road to Conflict
• Lincoln’s War Powers
• Union Victory
• Clay, Henry
• Cleveland, Grover
• Clinton v. Jones
• Clinton, Bill
• Political Career
• First Term
• Reelection and Second Term
• Clinton, George
• Clinton, Hillary Rodham
• Colfax, Schuyler
• Commerce Department
• Commissions, Presidential
• Congress and the Presidency
• Legislative Leader
• Congressional Caucus (King Caucus)
• Constitutional Powers and Provisions
• Coolidge, Calvin
• Counsel to the President
• Court-Packing Plan
• Courts and the President
• Defining the Limits
• Nominations to the Court
• Crawford, William Harris
• Curtis, Charles
• D
• Daily and Family Life
• Staff
• The President’s Workday
• Rest and Recreation
• Family and Friends
• Dallas, George M.
• Davis, Jefferson
• Dawes, Charles G.
• Death of the President
• Debs, Eugene V.
• Defense Department
• Creation of the Department
• Presidential Command
• Delegate Selection Reforms
• Dewey, Thomas E.
• Diplomatic Powers
• Distribution of Diplomatic Power
• Presidential Dominance of Foreign Policy
• Power of Communication
• Treaty Power
• Recognition Power
• Appointing Diplomatic Personnel
• Disability Amendment
• Doctrines, Presidential
• Dole, Robert J.
• Douglas, Stephen A.
• Dukakis, Michael S.
• E
• Economic Advisers, Council of
• Economic Powers
• Limitations
• Economic Management
• Fiscal Policy
• Budget Making
• Tax Policy
• International Economic Role
• Education Department
• Eisenhower, Dwight D.
• Elections and Campaigns
• Who Runs for President
• The Exploratory Stage
• The Primary and Caucus Schedule
• The Presidential Nomination
• General Election Campaign
• Electoral College
• Elections Chronology
• Election of 1789
• The First Contest: 1796
• The Jefferson-Burr Contest: 1800
• The Death of King Caucus: 1824
• Jackson’s Rise: 1828
• The Fateful Election of 1860
• The Compromise of 1876
• The Republicans Self-Destruct: 1912
• Dawn of the New Deal: 1932
• Eisenhower’s Victory: 1952
• Kennedy and the Politics of Change: 1960
• Johnson and the Great Society: 1964
• The Breakup of Consensus: 1968
• Effects of the Watergate Affair: 1976
• The Reagan Revolution: 1980
• Clinton Victory: 1992
• Election of 2000: Bitter to the End
• Election of 2004
• Election of 2008
• Electoral College
• Emancipation Proclamation
• Emergency Powers
• Powers in Wartime
• Economic Crises
• Domestic Unrest
• Natural Disasters
• Congressional Limits
• Energy Department
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Ethics
• Executive Agreements
• Constitutional Dilemma
• Attempts to Limit Executive Agreements
• Executive Office Buildings
• Executive Office of the President
• EOP Components
• Background
• Executive Orders
• Executive Privilege
• F
• Fairbanks, Charles W.
• Fair Deal
• Farewell Addresses
• Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Federal Election Commission
• Federalist Papers
• Federal Reserve System
• Ferraro, Geraldine A.
• Fillmore, Millard
• First Hundred Days
• First Ladies
• Early First Ladies
• Modern First Ladies
• Ford, Betty
• Ford, Gerald R.
• Former Presidents
• G
• Garfield, James A.
• Garner, John Nance
• Gerry, Elbridge
• Goldwater, Barry M.
• Gore, Albert, Jr.
• Grant, Ulysses S.
• Civil War
• Presidency
• Retirement
• Great Depression
• Great Society
• Group of Eight (G-8)/Group of Twenty (G-20)
• Guantanamo Bay
• H
• “Hail to the Chief”
• Hamdan v. Rumsfeld
• Hamilton, Alexander
• Hamlin, Hannibal
• Harding, Warren G.
• Harrison, Benjamin
• Harrison, William Henry
• Hayes, Rutherford B.
• Health and Human Services Department
• Hendricks, Thomas A.
• Historic Milestones of the Presidency
• Hobart, Garret A.
• Homeland Security Department
• Honeymoon Period
• Hoover, Herbert C.
• Hoover Commissions
• First Hoover Commission
• Second Hoover Commission
• Housing and Urban Development Department
• Hughes, Charles Evans
• Humphrey, Hubert H.
• Humphrey’s Executor v. United States
• Hurricane Katrina
• I
• Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Chadha
• Impeachment
• Constitutional Origins
• Impeachment Procedures
• Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
• Case of Richard Nixon
• Impeachment of Bill Clinton
• Other Impeachment Cases
• Impoundment
• Inauguration
• Independent Executive Agencies
• Independent Regulatory Agencies
• Growth of Regulation
• Methods of Regulation
• Interest Groups and the Presidency
• Interior Department
• Iran-Contra Affair
• Covert Activities
• Investigations
• Independent Counsel
• Iraq War (Operation Iraqi Freedom)
• September 11 and the “Axis of Evil”
• Invasion and “Mission Accomplished”: March–May 2003
• Insurgency, Nation Building, and Civil War: 2004–2006
• Domestic Discontent and Troop Surge: 2007–2008
• Status of Forces Agreement and Drawdown: 2009–2011
• J
• Jackson, Andrew
• Military Career
• Presidency
• Japanese American Internment
• Jefferson, Thomas
• Diplomat and Secretary of State
• Presidency
• Johnson, Andrew
• Johnson, Lady Bird
• Johnson, Lyndon B.
• Johnson, Richard M.
• Joint Chiefs of Staff
• Justice Department
• Background
• Organization
• K
• Kennedy, Jacqueline
• Kennedy, John F.
• Kerry, John
• King, William R.
• Kitchen Cabinet
• Korean War
• L
• La Follette, Robert M.
• Labor Department
• Lame Duck
• Landon, Alfred
• Law Enforcement Powers
• Sources of Law Enforcement Powers
• The Law Enforcement Bureaucracy
• Growth of Law Enforcement Powers
• Legislative Veto
• Libraries
• Lincoln, Abraham
• Early Political Career
• Presidency
• Lincoln, Mary Todd
• Line-Item Veto
• Louisiana Purchase
• M
• McCain, John
• McCarthy, Eugene J.
• McClellan, George B.
• McGovern, George S.
• McKinley, William
• Madison, Dolley
• Madison, James
• Father of the Constitution
• Presidency
• Management and Budget, Office of
• Marshall, Thomas R.
• Martial Law
• Media and the Presidency
• Early Presidents
• The Media Come of Age
• The Media in the Age of the Modern Presidency
• Managing the President’s Image
• Memorials, Presidential
• Mexican-American War of 1846
• Midterm Elections
• Milligan, Ex parte
• Mondale, Walter F.
• Monroe, James
• Monroe Doctrine
• Morton, Levi P.
• Myers v. United States
• N
• National Archives and Records Administration
• National Bank
• National Economic Council
• National Intelligence, Office of the Director of
• National Party Conventions
• Convention Events
• Development of Party Conventions
• National Security Adviser
• National Security Council
• Neutrality Proclamation of 1793
• New Deal
• New Freedom
• New Frontier
• Nixon, Pat
• Nixon, Richard
• Political Career
• Presidency
• O
• Oath of Office
• Obama, Barack
• Obama, Michelle
• P
• Pardon Power
• Party Leader
• Patronage
• Background
• Decline of Patronage
• Perot, H. Ross
• Persian Gulf War (Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm)
• Operation Desert Shield
• Operation Desert Storm
• Personnel Management, Office of
• Pierce, Franklin
• Political Parties
• Emergence of Parties
• Development of the Two-Party System
• Party Decline
• Party Organization
• Polk, James K.
• Presidential Greatness
• Presidential Medal of Freedom
• Press Conferences
• Press Secretary, Presidential
• Primaries and Caucuses
• Primaries
• Caucuses
• Development of Primary System
• Proclamations and Endorsements
• Public Opinion and the Presidency
• Q
• Qualifications of the President and Vice President
• Quayle, Dan
• R
• Reagan, Nancy
• Reagan, Ronald
• Political Career
• Presidency
• Reconstruction
• Religion and the Presidency
• Rockefeller, Nelson A.
• Roosevelt, Eleanor
• Roosevelt, Franklin D.
• Political Career
• Presidency
• Roosevelt, Theodore
• Presidency
• Former President
• S
• Salary and Perquisites
• Salary
• Perquisites
• Daily and Family Life
• Vice President’s Salary and Perquisites
• Seals of Office
• Secret Service
• Senatorial Courtesy
• Separation of Powers
• Sherman, James S.
• Signing Statements
• Smith, Alfred E.
• Spanish-American War of 1898
• Special Counsel
• Independent Counsel
• The Special Counsel
• Speeches and Rhetoric
• Ceremonial Speeches
• Official State Speeches
• General Persuasive Speeches
• Moralistic Speeches
• Crisis Speeches
• Addresses to Specific Groups
• Square Deal
• Staff
• Staff Structure
• Chief of Staff
• White House Counsel
• Policy Advisers
• Liaison Offices
• Presidential Personnel Office
• Growth of Staff
• Staff Reforms
• Staff Expansion
• Policy Advocates
• Nixon Staff
• Post-Watergate Staff
• Recent Staffs
• State Department
• State of the Union Address
• Stevenson, Adlai E.
• Stevenson, Adlai E., II
• Stewardship Theory
• Succession
• Full Succession
• Line of Succession
• Vice-Presidential Vacancies
• Ford Nomination
• Rockefeller Nomination
• Other Contingencies
• Summit Meetings
• T
• Taft, William Howard
• Taylor, Zachary
• Teapot Dome Scandal
• Term of Office
• Two-Term Tradition
• Breaking with Custom
• The Twenty-Second Amendment
• Effects Untested
• Third Parties
• Types of Third Parties
• Obstacles to Success
• Thurmond, J. Strom
• Tilden, Samuel J.
• Titles of the President and Vice President
• Tompkins, Daniel D.
• Trade Policy
• Protectionism
• International Trade Negotiations
• Trade Representative, Office of the U.S.
• Transition Period
• Transportation Department
• Travel
• Treasury Department
• Background
• Organization
• Treaty Power
• Treaty-Making Power
• The Treaty-Making Process
• Approval Record
• Termination of Treaties
• Treaties and State Law
• Truman, Harry S.
• Political Career
• Presidency
• Tyler, John
• U
• Unitary Executive Theory
• United Nations
• United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp.
• United States v. Nixon
• V
• Van Buren, Martin
• Veterans Affairs Department
• Veto Power
• Constitutional Debate
• Veto and Override Procedures
• Historic Use
• Modern Presidents
• Veto Decision
• Congress’s Tools
• Pocket Vetoes
• Vice President
• History
• Expanded Resources
• Modern Roles
• Vice-Presidential Residence
• Vietnam War
• Development of the War
• Congressional Backlash
• W
• Wallace, George C.
• Wallace, Henry A.
• War in Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom)
• War of 1812
• War on Terrorism
• War Powers
• Power to Declare and End War
• Development of Presidential War Powers
• Military Commander
• Command of Nuclear Weapons
• President as Defense Manager
• War Powers Act of 1973
• Washington, George
• Revolutionary War
• Presidency
• Washington, Martha
• Watergate Affair
• The Burglary
• The Cover-up
• The Watergate Hearings
• The Tapes
• United States v. Nixon
• Weaver, James B.
• Wheeler, William A.
• Whiskey Rebellion
• Whiskey Ring Scandal
• White House
• Early History
• Renovations
• The White House Today
• Willkie, Wendell L.
• Wilson, Edith
• Wilson, Henry
• Wilson, Woodrow
• Educator and Governor
• Presidency
• World War I
• Wilson’s War Powers
• Allied Victory
• World War II
• Undeclared War
• Roosevelt’s “Dictatorship”
• Winning the War
• Y
• Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v. Sawyer
• Z
• Zapruder Film
• REFERENCE MATERIAL
• U.S. Presidents and Vice Presidents, 1789–2012
• Backgrounds of U.S. Presidents, 1789–2012
• Summary of Presidential Elections, 1789–2008
• Party Affiliations in Congress and the Presidency, 1789–2013
• Presidential Cabinets, 1789–2012
• U.S. Government Organizational Chart
• Federal Government Resources on the Web
• Constitution of the United States
• SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
• INDEX