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Download or read book Vice Presidents of the United States 1789-1993 written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mark O. Hatfield
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780160632792
Total Pages : 620 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (327 download)
Download or read book Vice Presidents of the U.S. 1789-1993 written by Mark O. Hatfield and published by . This book was released on 1997-04 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Holding the least understood and most often ignored constitutional office in the federal government, American vice presidents have included some remarkable individuals. The men who served as vice president of the U.S. varied greatly in their talents and aptitude for the post. What they generally had in common was political ambition and experience in public office. This book tells the stories of these diverse individuals and hence the development of the vice presidency itself. It includes a lengthy introduction to the office of vice president; an illustrated chapter on each vice president in chronological order; an appendix listing major party presidential and vice-presidential candidates, 1788-1992; and a bibliography.
Author : Jody C Baumgartner
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442228903
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)
Download or read book The American Vice Presidency written by Jody C Baumgartner and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-04-23 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is quite possible that no elected office has been more historically maligned than the vice presidency of the United States. From the beginning of American politics the office has been the object of ridicule by scholars, pundits, humorists, citizens, and even vice presidents themselves. The perception among many is that institution and its occupants are at best irrelevant. Recent history would suggest otherwise, but as it stands no book exists that takes a detailed look at the new, impactful vice presidency that’s been forged since Clinton/Gore took office. The American Vice Presidency fills an important hole in the literature available to those interested in the modern vice presidency. Concise yet comprehensive, this book is the fullest and most accurate examination of the office to date, covering the origins and constitutional roots of the institution, its history, and the slow transformation of the office starting in the mid-twentieth century. Jody C Baumgartner and Thomas F. Crumblin highlight major changes in vice presidential selection as well as the new and various roles that vice presidents are being asked to play in their administrations. The book emphasizes the increasingly substantive Vice Presidencies of Gore, Cheney, and Biden and both informs and spurs the debate surrounding what form and role the Vice Presidency will take on moving forward.
Author : Jody C. Baumgartner
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313056412
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)
Download or read book The American Vice Presidency Reconsidered written by Jody C. Baumgartner and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2006-07-30 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1960 the office of the vice presidency of the United States has evolved into a fundamentally different institution than the one the founders envisioned, attracting better-qualified aspirants who may be called upon to perform a variety of important tasks. This book offers a corrective to the overwhelmingly negative view that Americans have had of their vice presidents by demonstrating how the role has changed over time. In addition, Baumgartner examines those who were candidates for vice president but who were not elected. The book is organized thematically according to the career path of the vice president, from the selection process through campaign and nomination to election, service in office, and post-White House contributions. John Adams famously called the vice presidency, the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived. Harry Truman called it, about as useful as a cow's fifth teat. How things have changed in a world where many consider Vice President Dick Cheney the most powerful figure in the current administration. Since 1960 the office of the vice presidency of the United States has evolved into a fundamentally different institution than the one the founders envisioned, attracting better-qualified aspirants who may be called upon to perform a variety of important tasks. No longer a ceremonial figurehead or legislative drudge, the vice president today consults closely with the president and plays an important role in executive decisions. Those who are chosen as running mates are examined more thoroughly than ever before, not merely for the boost they might give the presidential candidate in the general election, but also for the kind of president they might be if fate called upon them to serve. In a book that is as readable as it is fascinating, Baumgartner offers a corrective to the overwhelmingly negative view Americans have had of their vice presidents by demonstrating how the role has changed over time. Setting the stage with a visit to the Constitutional Convention and a brief look at pre-modern vice presidents, he examines the 19 men and one woman who have been vice presidents or candidates for the office since 1960. His insightful book is organized thematically according to the career path of the vice president-from the selection process through the campaign and nomination to election, service in office, and post-White House contributions.
Author : L. Edward Purcell
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1438130716
Total Pages : 561 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (381 download)
Download or read book Vice Presidents written by L. Edward Purcell and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for the previous edition:" ... suitable for high school, public, and academic libraries."
Author : Alexander Hamilton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Letter from Alexander Hamilton, Concerning the Public Conduct and Character of John Adams, Esq., President of the United States written by Alexander Hamilton and published by . This book was released on 1809 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jules Witcover
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
ISBN 13 : 158834472X
Total Pages : 593 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)
Download or read book The American Vice Presidency written by Jules Witcover and published by Smithsonian Institution. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American Vice Presidency is an all-inclusive examination of the vice presidency throughout American history. Acclaimed political journalist and author Jules Witcover chronicles each of the 47 vice presidents, including their personal biographies and their achievements--or lack thereof--during their vice presidential tenures. He explores how the roles and responsibilities were first subject to the whims of the presidents under whom they served, but came in time to be expanded by enlightened chief executives and the initiatives of the vice presidents themselves. Constitutionally assigned only to preside over the Senate as they stand by to fill a presidential vacancy, early vice presidents were left to languish in irrelevance and ineffectiveness; only in recent decades have vice presidents received--or taken--more power. In particular, Walter Mondale, Al Gore, Dick Cheney, and Joe Biden have undertaken greater and more significant responsibilities. Witcover reports the political maneuvering and manipulation that transformed the vice presidency from mere consolation prize to de facto assistant presidency. The American Vice Presidency, an insightful, revealing look at this oft-dismissed office, is a must-have for lovers of behind-the-scenes political history.
Author : Bruce P. Montgomery
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (161 download)
Download or read book Richard B. Cheney and the Rise of the Imperial Vice Presidency written by Bruce P. Montgomery and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2009-02-01 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On taking office in 2001, Dick Cheney crowned himself the first imperial vice president in the nation's history, transforming a traditionally inconsequential office into a de facto fourth branch of government. Taking a less journalistic and personal approach to Cheney than previous biographers, this critical new biography shows exactly how Cheney engineered his arrogation of vast executive powers—and the dire consequences his power grab has had and will long continue to have for the office of the vice presidency, the balance of powers, the Constitution, geopolitics, and America's security, strength, and prestige. Taking advantage of the administration's global war on terrorism, a president inexperienced in matters of war and peace, and a Republican Congress that rated party power above institutional prerogatives, Vice President Cheney moved with astonishing speed and energy to assume a dominant role on the national and international stage as the effective president-in-proxy of the United States. Cheney asserted that all constitutional checks and balances and all individual liberties under the Bill of Rights are subservient to the president's powers as commander-in-chief in confronting international terrorism. Although former administrations had made power grabs in the past in times of national crisis, no president-and certainly no vice president-has ever exerted such sweeping claims of executive power on so many fronts in violation of the bedrock principles of the Constitution.
Author : Forrest McDonald
Publisher : Lawrence : University Press of Kansas
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Presidency of George Washington written by Forrest McDonald and published by Lawrence : University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 1974 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'One of the most imaginative and suggestive works on the Washington years. McDonald has demonstrated in this work that presidential history can still be lively and compelling.'
Author : Ken Gormley
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1479839906
Total Pages : 711 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (798 download)
Download or read book The Presidents and the Constitution written by Ken Gormley and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2016-05-10 with total page 711 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shines new light on America's brilliant constitutional and presidential history, from George Washington to Barack Obama. In this sweepingly ambitious volume, the nation’s foremost experts on the American presidency and the U.S. Constitution join together to tell the intertwined stories of how each American president has confronted and shaped the Constitution. Each occupant of the office—the first president to the forty-fourth—has contributed to the story of the Constitution through the decisions he made and the actions he took as the nation’s chief executive. By examining presidential history through the lens of constitutional conflicts and challenges, The Presidents and the Constitution offers a fresh perspective on how the Constitution has evolved in the hands of individual presidents. It delves into key moments in American history, from Washington’s early battles with Congress to the advent of the national security presidency under George W. Bush and Barack Obama, to reveal the dramatic historical forces that drove these presidents to action. Historians and legal experts, including Richard Ellis, Gary Hart, Stanley Kutler and Kenneth Starr, bring the Constitution to life, and show how the awesome powers of the American presidency have been shapes by the men who were granted them. The book brings to the fore the overarching constitutional themes that span this country’s history and ties together presidencies in a way never before accomplished.
Author : U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Publisher : Government Printing Office
ISBN 13 : 9780160831188
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (311 download)
Download or read book Learn about the United States written by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2009 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Learn About the United States" is intended to help permanent residents gain a deeper understanding of U.S. history and government as they prepare to become citizens. The product presents 96 short lessons, based on the sample questions from which the civics portion of the naturalization test is drawn. An audio CD that allows students to listen to the questions, answers, and civics lessons read aloud is also included. For immigrants preparing to naturalize, the chance to learn more about the history and government of the United States will make their journey toward citizenship a more meaningful one.
Author : CQ Press
Publisher : CQ Press
ISBN 13 : 145226726X
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (522 download)
Download or read book American Political Leaders 1789-2009 written by CQ Press and published by CQ Press. This book was released on 2009-09-22 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handy single volume features a wealth of fascinating biographical information on approximately 9,000 of the most important U.S. elected and appointed leaders. Newly updated, it includes key facts on political leaders spanning 220 years of American history. Organized for quick, easy reference, the book contains six chapters in which readers will find the following on presidents, vice presidents, cabinet members, Supreme Court justices, members of Congress, and governors: Basic Facts including all significant biographical data, such as birth and death dates, periods of public service, and party affiliations Special Information including boxed features and analytical commentary on topics such as presidential disability and succession; religious affiliations of the U.S. presidents and Supreme Court justices; White House hostesses; and women, African Americans, and Hispanic Americans in Congress, the Cabinet, the Supreme Court, and the White House This easy-to-use resource also offers an appendix of additional reference tables on Congress, including sessions held, leadership, and committee chairmen. American Political Leaders 1789-2010 is the perfect reference guide for researchers, students, and interested citizens looking for names, dates, and other essential information on U.S. leaders in one convenient, reliable source.
Author : Mark O. Hatfield
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780756709686
Total Pages : 596 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (96 download)
Download or read book Vice Presidents of the United States, 1789- 1993 written by Mark O. Hatfield and published by . This book was released on 2001-06-01 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Holding the least understood and most often ignored constitutional office in the federal government, American vice presidents have included some remarkable individuals. The men who served as vice president of the U.S. varied greatly in their talents and aptitude for the post. What they generally had in common was political ambition and experience in public office. This book tells the stories of these diverse individuals and hence the development of the vice presidency itself. It includes a lengthy introduction to the office of vice president; an illustrated chapter on each vice president in chronological order; an appendix listing major party presidential and vice-presidential candidates, 1788-1992; and a bibliography.
Author : Jean H. Baker
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780805069464
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (694 download)
Download or read book James Buchanan written by Jean H. Baker and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2004 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1. Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 2. Presidents United States Biography 3. United States - Politics and Government - 1857-1861.
Author : Diane K. Skvarla
Publisher : Government Printing Office
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book United States Senate Catalogue of Fine Art written by Diane K. Skvarla and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2005-08 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. Capitol abounds in magnificent art that rivals its exterior architectural splendor. The fine art held by the U.S. Senate comprises much of this treasured heritage. It spans over 200 years of history & contains works by such celebrated artists as Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Hiram Powers, Daniel Chester French, Charles Willson Peale, Gilbert Stuart, Walker Hancock, & Alexander Calder. This volume provides previously unpublished information on the 160 paintings & sculptures in the U.S. Senate. Each work of art -- from portraiture of prominent senators to scenes depicting significant events in U.S. history -- is illus. with a full-page color photo, accompanied by an essay & secondary images that place the work in historical & aesthetic context.
Author : Robert E. Dewhirst
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1438110286
Total Pages : 593 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (381 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of the United States Congress written by Robert E. Dewhirst and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents an A-to-Z reference guide to individuals, events, and terms of importance to the United States Congress.
Author : Glenn P. Hastedt
Publisher : Nova Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781600216800
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (168 download)
Download or read book White House Studies Compendium written by Glenn P. Hastedt and published by Nova Publishers. This book was released on 2007 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American Presidency has become one of the most powerful offices in the world with the ascendency of American power in the 20th century.'White House Studies Compendium' brings together piercing analyses of the American presidency -- dealing with both currect issues and historical events.The compendia are the bound issues of 'White House Studies' with the addition of a comprehensive subject index.
