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.

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