ABSTRACT
An illustrated reference guide that offers quick answers to readers' questions about the American presidency and the individuals who have served it (all American presidents are included). Abundant charts, tables, illustrations, and a detailed index enhance more than 300 alphabetical entries that bring to life the history, processes, and personalities connected to America's highest office. This Second Edition includes information up through the 1996 election and President Clinton's second term.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
letter |22 pages
A
entry |2 pages
Adams, Abigail
entry |3 pages
Adams, John
entry |2 pages
Adams, John Quincy
entry |2 pages
Agnew, Spiro T.
entry |2 pages
Agriculture Department
entry |2 pages
Air Force One
entry |1 pages
Amnesty
entry |2 pages
Anderson, John B.
entry |6 pages
Appointment and Removal Power (Executive Branch)
entry |1 pages
Approval Rating
entry |1 pages
Arms Control
entry |3 pages
Arthur, Chester A.
entry |1 pages
Ash Council
entry |6 pages
Assassinations and Assaults
letter |27 pages
B
entry |3 pages
Background of Presidents
entry |2 pages
Barkley, Alben W.
entry |1 pages
Bell, John
entry |2 pages
Bentsen, Lloyd M., Jr.
entry |2 pages
Blaine, James G.
entry |1 pages
Blair House
entry |2 pages
Breckinridge, John C.
entry |2 pages
Brownlow Committee
entry |2 pages
Bryan, William Jennings
entry |3 pages
Buchanan, James
entry |1 pages
Buckley v. Valeo
entry |7 pages
Budget Process
entry |7 pages
Bureaucracy
entry |2 pages
Burr, Aaron
entry |2 pages
Bush, Barbara
entry |2 pages
Bush, George
letter |63 pages
C
entry |6 pages
Cabinet
entry |2 pages
Calhoun, John C.
entry |1 pages
Campaigns
entry |3 pages
Campaign Debates
entry |4 pages
Campaign Financing
entry |2 pages
Camp David
entry |1 pages
Candidates
entry |3 pages
Carter, Jimmy
entry |2 pages
Carter, Rosalynn
entry |3 pages
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
entry |2 pages
Chief of Staff
entry |5 pages
Chief of State
entry |5 pages
Civil Service
entry |3 pages
Civil War
entry |2 pages
Clay, Henry
entry |3 pages
Cleveland, Grover
entry |5 pages
Clinton, Bill
entry |2 pages
Clinton, George
entry |2 pages
Clinton, Hillary Rodham
entry |2 pages
Colfax, Schuyler
entry |2 pages
Commerce Department
entry |2 pages
Commissions, Presidential
entry |7 pages
Congress and the Presidency
entry |3 pages
Congressional Caucus (King Caucus)
entry |6 pages
Constitutional Powers and Provisions
entry |1 pages
Conventions
entry |2 pages
Coolidge, Calvin
entry |1 pages
Counsel to the President
entry |2 pages
Court-Packing Plan
entry |5 pages
Courts and the President
entry |1 pages
Curtis, Charles
letter |25 pages
D
entry |5 pages
Daily and Family Life
entry |2 pages
Dallas, George M.
entry |2 pages
Davis, Jefferson
entry |2 pages
Dawes, Charles G.
entry |2 pages
Death of the President
entry |1 pages
Debates
entry |2 pages
Debs, Eugene V.
entry |3 pages
Defense Department
entry |2 pages
Delegate Selection Reforms
entry |1 pages
Democratic Party
entry |1 pages
Depression
entry |2 pages
Dewey, Thomas E.
entry |6 pages
Diplomatic Powers
entry |3 pages
Disability Amendment
entry |2 pages
Doctrines, Presidential
entry |2 pages
Dole, Robert
entry |2 pages
Douglas, Stephen A.
entry |2 pages
Dukakis, Michael S.
letter |46 pages
E
entry |1 pages
Eagleton, Thomas F.
entry |2 pages
Economic Advisers, Council of
entry |5 pages
Economic Powers
entry |2 pages
Education Department
entry |2 pages
Eisenhower, Dwight D.
entry |7 pages
Elections and Campaigns
entry |12 pages
Elections Chronology
entry |3 pages
Electoral College
entry |2 pages
Emancipation Proclamation
entry |5 pages
Emergency Powers
entry |2 pages
Energy Department
entry |2 pages
Environmental Protection Agency
entry |3 pages
Ethics
entry |2 pages
Executive Agreements
entry |1 pages
Executive Branch
entry |2 pages
Executive Office Buildings
entry |5 pages
Executive Office of the President
entry |2 pages
Executive Orders
entry |2 pages
Executive Privilege
letter |18 pages
F
entry |2 pages
Fairbanks, Charles W.
entry |1 pages
Fair Deal
entry |2 pages
Farewell Addresses
entry |1 pages
Federal Bureau of Investigation
entry |2 pages
Federal Election Commission
entry |2 pages
Federalist Papers
entry |2 pages
Federal Reserve System
entry |2 pages
Ferraro, Geraldine A.
entry |3 pages
Fillmore, Millard
entry |1 pages
Financing
entry |2 pages
First Hundred Days
entry |4 pages
First Ladies
entry |2 pages
Ford, Betty
entry |2 pages
Ford, Gerald R.
entry |3 pages
Former Presidents
entry |1 pages
Fourteen Points
letter |13 pages
G
entry |2 pages
Garfield, James A.
entry |2 pages
Garner, John Nance
entry |2 pages
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
entry |2 pages
Gerry, Elbridge
entry |1 pages
Goldwater, Barry M.
entry |2 pages
Gore, Al
entry |2 pages
Gore, Tipper
entry |1 pages
Government Corporations
entry |4 pages
Grant, Ulysses S.
entry |2 pages
Great Depression
entry |2 pages
Great Society
entry |1 pages
Grenada Invasion
entry |1 pages
Group of Eight
letter |26 pages
H
entry |2 pages
Hamilton, Alexander
entry |2 pages
Hamlin, Hannibal
entry |2 pages
Harding, Warren G.
entry |2 pages
Harrison, Benjamin
entry |2 pages
Harrison, William Henry
entry |1 pages
Hatch Act
entry |3 pages
Hayes, Rutherford B.
entry |1 pages
Health and Human Services Department
entry |1 pages
Health of Presidents
entry |2 pages
Hendricks, Thomas A.
entry |2 pages
Historians' Ratings of the Presidents
entry |7 pages
Historic Milestones of the Presidency
entry |2 pages
Hobart, Garret A.
entry |1 pages
Honeymoon Period
entry |3 pages
Hoover, Herbert
entry |2 pages
Hoover, J. Edgar
entry |2 pages
Hoover Commissions
entry |2 pages
Housing and Urban Development Department
entry |2 pages
Hughes, Charles Evans
entry |2 pages
Humphrey, Hubert H.
entry |1 pages
Humphrey's Executor v. United States
letter |21 pages
I
entry |1 pages
Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Chadha
entry |6 pages
Impeachment
entry |2 pages
Impoundment
entry |3 pages
Inauguration
entry |3 pages
Independent Counsel
entry |2 pages
Independent Executive Agencies
entry |3 pages
Independent Regulatory Agencies
entry |4 pages
Interest Groups and the Presidency
entry |2 pages
Interior Department
entry |3 pages
Iran-Contra Affair
entry |1 pages
Item Veto
letter |17 pages
J
entry |3 pages
Jackson, Andrew
entry |2 pages
Jackson, Jesse
entry |2 pages
Japanese-American Internment
entry |4 pages
Jefferson, Thomas
entry |2 pages
Johnson, Andrew
entry |2 pages
Johnson, Lady Bird
entry |3 pages
Johnson, Lyndon B.
entry |3 pages
Johnson, Richard M.
entry |2 pages
Joint Chiefs of Staff
entry |1 pages
Judiciary
entry |3 pages
Justice Department
letter |11 pages
K
entry |1 pages
Kefauver, Estes
entry |2 pages
Kemp, Jack
entry |1 pages
Kennedy, Jacqueline
entry |3 pages
Kennedy, John F.
entry |3 pages
Kennedy, Robert F.
entry |2 pages
King, William R.
entry |2 pages
Kissinger, Henry
entry |1 pages
Kitchen Cabinet
entry |3 pages
Korean War
letter |15 pages
L
entry |2 pages
Labor Department
entry |2 pages
La Follette, Robert M.
entry |1 pages
Lame Duck
entry |1 pages
Landon, Alfred
entry |3 pages
Law Enforcement Powers
entry |1 pages
Legislative Powers
entry |2 pages
Legislative Veto
entry |3 pages
Libraries
entry |3 pages
Lincoln, Abraham
entry |2 pages
Lincoln, Mary Todd
entry |2 pages
Line-Item Veto
entry |1 pages
Lobbying
entry |2 pages
Louisiana Purchase
letter |29 pages
M
entry |2 pages
McCarthy, Eugene J.
entry |2 pages
McCarthy, Joseph R.
entry |2 pages
McClellan, George
entry |3 pages
McGovern, George S.
entry |3 pages
McKinley, William
entry |2 pages
McNamara, Robert
entry |2 pages
Madison, Dolley
entry |3 pages
Madison, James
entry |1 pages
Management and Budget, Office of
entry |2 pages
Marshall, Thomas R.
entry |1 pages
Martial Law
entry |6 pages
Media and the Presidency
entry |2 pages
Memorials, Presidential
entry |3 pages
Mexican War of 1846
entry |2 pages
Midterm Elections
entry |1 pages
Milligan, Ex Parte
entry |1 pages
Mondale, Joan
entry |2 pages
Mondale, Walter F.
entry |1 pages
Monetary Policy
entry |3 pages
Monroe, James
entry |1 pages
Monroe Doctrine
entry |1 pages
Morton, Levi P.
entry |2 pages
Myers v. United States
letter |17 pages
N
entry |2 pages
National Archives
entry |2 pages
National Bank
entry |5 pages
National Party Conventions
entry |1 pages
National Security Adviser
entry |3 pages
National Security Council
entry |2 pages
Neutrality Proclamation of 1793
entry |2 pages
New Deal
entry |2 pages
New Freedom
entry |1 pages
New Frontier
entry |1 pages
News Conference
entry |1 pages
Nixon, Pat
entry |4 pages
Nixon, Richard
entry |1 pages
Nominating Process
entry |2 pages
Nuclear Command Procedures
letter |2 pages
O
entry |2 pages
Oath of Office
entry |1 pages
Oval Office
letter |31 pages
P
entry |1 pages
PACs
entry |1 pages
Panama Invasion
entry |1 pages
Pardon Power
entry |1 pages
Parties
entry |3 pages
Party Leader
entry |3 pages
Patronage
entry |1 pages
Perot, Ross
entry |2 pages
Persian Gulf War
entry |1 pages
Personnel Management, Office of
entry |2 pages
Pierce, Franklin
entry |2 pages
Point Four
entry |1 pages
Policy Development, Office of
entry |1 pages
Political Action Committees (PACs)
entry |5 pages
Political Parties
entry |2 pages
Polk, James K.
entry |1 pages
Polls
entry |2 pages
Powell, Colin
entry |1 pages
President of the Senate
entry |1 pages
Presidential Medal of Freedom
entry |3 pages
Press Conferences
entry |3 pages
Press Secretary, Presidential
entry |4 pages
Primaries and Caucuses
entry |2 pages
Proclamations and Endorsements
entry |1 pages
Prosecutor, Special
entry |5 pages
Public Opinion and the Presidency
letter |4 pages
Q
entry |2 pages
Qualifications of the President and Vice President
entry |2 pages
Quayle, Dan
entry |2 pages
Quayle, Marilyn
letter |16 pages
R
entry |1 pages
Ratings of Presidents
entry |2 pages
Reagan, Nancy
entry |3 pages
Reagan, Ronald
entry |2 pages
Reconstruction
entry |3 pages
Religion and the Presidency
entry |1 pages
Removal of President, Vice President
entry |1 pages
Republican Party
entry |3 pages
Resignation
entry |2 pages
Rockefeller, Nelson A.
entry |1 pages
Roosevelt Corollary
entry |3 pages
Roosevelt, Eleanor
entry |3 pages
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
entry |3 pages
Roosevelt, Theodore
entry |1 pages
Rose Garden
letter |34 pages
S
entry |3 pages
Salary and Perquisites
entry |2 pages
Seals of Office
entry |3 pages
Secret Service
entry |1 pages
Senate Election of the Vice President
entry |2 pages
Senatorial Courtesy
entry |3 pages
Separation of Powers
entry |2 pages
Sherman, James S.
entry |2 pages
Smith, Alfred E.
entry |2 pages
Smithsonian Institution
entry |2 pages
Spanish-American War of 1898
entry |5 pages
Speeches and Rhetoric
entry |1 pages
Spoils System
entry |2 pages
Square Deal
entry |6 pages
Staff
entry |3 pages
State Department
entry |2 pages
State of the Union Address
entry |2 pages
Stevenson, Adlai E.
entry |2 pages
Stevenson, Adlai E., II
entry |1 pages
Stewardship Theory
entry |5 pages
Succession
entry |3 pages
Summit Meetings
entry |1 pages
Supreme Court
letter |31 pages
T
entry |2 pages
Taft, William Howard
entry |3 pages
Taylor, Zachary
entry |2 pages
Teapot Dome Scandal
entry |1 pages
Tennessee Valley Authority
entry |4 pages
Term of Office
entry |4 pages
Third Parties
entry |2 pages
Thurmond, J. Strom
entry |2 pages
Tilden, Samuel J.
entry |1 pages
Titles of the President and Vice President
entry |2 pages
Tompkins, Daniel D.
entry |2 pages
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
entry |1 pages
Tower Commission
entry |4 pages
Trade Policy
entry |1 pages
Trade Representative, Office of U.S.
entry |3 pages
Transition Period
entry |1 pages
Transportation Department
entry |3 pages
Travel
entry |2 pages
Treasury Department
entry |4 pages
Treaty Power
entry |3 pages
Truman, Harry S.
entry |3 pages
Tyler, John
letter |4 pages
U
entry |3 pages
United Nations
entry |1 pages
United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp.
entry |2 pages
United States v. Nixon
letter |18 pages
V
entry |2 pages
Van Buren, Martin
entry |2 pages
Veterans Affairs Department
entry |7 pages
Veto Power
entry |7 pages
Vice President
entry |2 pages
Vice-Presidential Residence
entry |3 pages
Vietnam War
letter |36 pages
W
entry |2 pages
Wallace, George C.
entry |2 pages
Wallace, Henry A.
entry |2 pages
War of 1812
entry |6 pages
War Powers
entry |2 pages
War Powers Act of 1973
entry |3 pages
Warren Commission
entry |3 pages
Washington, George
entry |2 pages
Washington, Martha
entry |4 pages
Watergate Affair
entry |2 pages
Weaver, James B.
entry |2 pages
Wheeler, William A.
entry |2 pages
Whiskey Rebellion
entry |1 pages
Whiskey Ring Scandal
entry |6 pages
White House
entry |3 pages
Whitewater Investigation
entry |1 pages
Willkie, Wendell L.
entry |2 pages
Wilson, Edith
entry |2 pages
Wilson, Henry
entry |4 pages
Wilson, Woodrow
entry |2 pages
World War I
entry |3 pages
World War II
letter |2 pages
Y
entry |2 pages
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v. Sawyer
letter |3 pages
Z
entry |1 pages
Zapruder Film
entry |3 pages
Zoos and Presidents