Executive Branch of the Federal Government
Purpose, Process, and People
1st Edition
Published on 1. January 2010
415 pages
978-1-61530-066-2 (ISBN)
Description
The founders of the Constitution created the office of the President to be the Chief Executive of the United States, as well as an important figure the nation could turn to. This book covers the role and duties of the executive in the office of President,
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The Executive Branch of the Federal Government
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Content
- Book Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Role of the Executive
- THE POLITICAL EXECUTIVE
- PRESIDENTIAL SYSTEMS OF GOVERNMENT
- THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES
- DUTIES OF THE OFFICE
- HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE PRESIDENCY
- SELECTING A PRESIDENT
- THE VICE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES
- THE FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED STATES
- THE WHITE HOUSE
- EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES
- THE CABINET
- EXECUTIVE AGENCIES AND OFFICES
- Chapter 2 Presidents of the United States: George Washington to William McKinley
- GEORGE WASHINGTON
- CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH
- PREREVOLUTIONARY MILITARY AND POLITICAL CAREER
- REVOLUTIONARY LEADERSHIP
- PRESIDENCY
- JOHN ADAMS
- EARLY LIFE
- CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
- FOREIGN SERVICE
- POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
- VICE PRESIDENCY AND PRESIDENCY
- RETIREMENT
- THOMAS JEFFERSON
- EARLY YEARS
- DECLARING INDEPENDENCE
- AMERICAN IN PARIS
- PARTY POLITICS
- PRESIDENCY
- RETIREMENT
- JAMES MADISON
- EARLY LIFE AND POLITICAL ACTIVITIES
- THE FATHER OF THE CONSTITUTION
- MADISON'S PRESIDENCY
- LATER LIFE
- JAMES MONROE
- EARLY LIFE AND CAREER
- MINISTER TO FRANCE
- THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE
- PRESIDENCY
- JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
- EARLY LIFE AND CAREER
- BREAK WITH THE FEDERALISTS
- SECRETARY OF STATE
- PRESIDENCY AND FEUD WITH JACKSON
- SECOND CAREER IN CONGRESS
- ANDREW JACKSON
- EARLY LIFE
- TENNESSEE POLITICS
- MILITARY FEATS
- PRESIDENTIAL PROSPECTS
- JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY
- THE FIRST TERM
- REELECTION IN 1832
- MARTIN VAN BUREN
- WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON
- JOHN TYLER
- JAMES K. POLK
- EARLY LIFE AND CAREER
- PRESIDENCY
- ZACHARY TAYLOR
- MILLARD FILLMORE
- FRANKLIN PIERCE
- JAMES BUCHANAN
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN
- LIFE
- REPUTATION AND CHARACTER
- ANDREW JOHNSON
- EARLY LIFE AND CAREER
- THE PRESIDENCY
- IMPEACHMENT
- ULYSSES S. GRANT
- EARLY LIFE
- THE CIVIL WAR
- COMMAND OVER UNION ARMIES
- GRANT'S PRESIDENCY
- LATER LIFE
- RUTHERFORD B. HAYES
- JAMES A. GARFIELD
- CHESTER A. ARTHUR
- GROVER CLEVELAND
- BENJAMIN HARRISON
- WILLIAM MCKINLEY
- Chapter 3 Presidents of the United States: Theodore Roosevelt to Barack Obama
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT
- THE EARLY YEARS
- THE SQUARE DEAL
- FOREIGN POLICY
- LAST YEARS AS PRESIDENT
- LATER YEARS
- WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT
- WOODROW WILSON
- EARLY LIFE, EDUCATION, AND GOVERNORSHIP
- FIRST TERM AS PRESIDENT
- SECOND TERM AS PRESIDENT
- WARREN G. HARDING
- CALVIN COOLIDGE
- HERBERT HOOVER
- FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
- EARLY LIFE
- EARLY POLITICAL ACTIVITIES
- PARALYSIS TO PRESIDENCY
- THE FIRST TERM
- THE SECOND TERM
- THE THIRD AND FOURTH TERMS
- HARRY S. TRUMAN
- EARLY LIFE AND CAREER
- SUCCESSION TO THE PRESIDENCY
- WINNING A SECOND TERM
- OUTBREAK OF THE KOREAN WAR
- DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
- EARLY CAREER
- SUPREME COMMANDER
- FIRST TERM AS PRESIDENT
- SECOND TERM
- JOHN F. KENNEDY
- EARLY LIFE
- CONGRESSMAN AND SENATOR
- PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AND PRESIDENT
- ASSASSINATION
- LYNDON B. JOHNSON
- EARLY LIFE
- CAREER IN CONGRESS
- VICE PRESIDENCY
- ACCESSION TO THE PRESIDENCY
- ELECTION AND THE VIETNAM WAR
- DOMESTIC PROBLEMS
- LAST DAYS
- RICHARD M. NIXON
- EARLY LIFE AND CONGRESSIONAL CAREER
- VICE PRESIDENCY
- ELECTION OF 1960
- PRESIDENCY
- DOMESTIC POLICIES
- FOREIGN AFFAIRS
- WATERGATE AND OTHER SCANDALS
- RETIREMENT AND DEATH
- GERALD R. FORD
- JIMMY CARTER
- RONALD W. REAGAN
- EARLY LIFE AND ACTING CAREER
- GOVERNORSHIP OF CALIFORNIA
- ELECTION OF 1980
- PRESIDENCY
- RETIREMENT AND DECLINING HEALTH
- GEORGE BUSH
- EARLY LIFE AND CAREER
- VICE PRESIDENCY
- PRESIDENCY
- RETIREMENT
- BILL CLINTON
- EARLY LIFE
- GOVERNOR OF ARKANSAS
- PRESIDENCY
- LIFE AFTER THE PRESIDENCY
- GEORGE W. BUSH
- EARLY LIFE
- GOVERNOR OF TEXAS
- PRESIDENCY
- BARACK OBAMA
- EARLY LIFE
- POLITICS AND THE PRESIDENCY
- Appendix: Tables
- Glossary
- For Further Reading
- Index
- Back Cover
