Vice Presidents of the U.S. 1789-1998
Author | : Mark O Hatfield |
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Release | : 1997-04-01 |
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ISBN | : 9780614312010 |
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Author | : Mark O Hatfield |
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Release | : 1997-04-01 |
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ISBN | : 9780614312010 |
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Total Pages | : 644 |
Release | : 1997 |
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Author | : Jody C Baumgartner |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2015-04-23 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1442228903 |
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 | : Forrest McDonald |
Publisher | : Lawrence : University Press of Kansas |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
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'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 | : Alexander Hamilton |
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Total Pages | : 68 |
Release | : 1809 |
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Author | : L. Edward Purcell |
Publisher | : Infobase Publishing |
Total Pages | : 561 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1438130716 |
Praise for the previous edition:" ... suitable for high school, public, and academic libraries."
Author | : Michael R. Beschloss |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 476 |
Release | : 2008-02-05 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0743257448 |
From the author "Newsweek" called the nations leading presidential historian comes an inspiring narrative chronicling the crucial moments when a courageous president has dramatically changed the future of the United States. of full-color photos.
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Publisher | : Government Printing Office |
Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 2008-03-30 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : 9780160800832 |
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Author | : Jody C. Baumgartner |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 197 |
Release | : 2006-07-30 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0313056412 |
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 | : Joseph J. Ellis |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 2015-05-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0385353413 |
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Founding Brothers tells the unexpected story of America’s second great founding and of the men most responsible—Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, John Jay, and James Madison. Ellis explains of why the thirteen colonies, having just fought off the imposition of a distant centralized governing power, would decide to subordinate themselves anew. These men, with the help of Robert Morris and Gouverneur Morris, shaped the contours of American history by diagnosing the systemic dysfunctions created by the Articles of Confederation, manipulating the political process to force the calling of the Constitutional Convention, conspiring to set the agenda in Philadelphia, orchestrating the debate in the state ratifying conventions, and, finally, drafting the Bill of Rights to assure state compliance with the constitutional settlement, created the new republic. Ellis gives us a dramatic portrait of one of the most crucial and misconstrued periods in American history: the years between the end of the Revolution and the formation of the federal government. The Quartet unmasks a myth, and in its place presents an even more compelling truth—one that lies at the heart of understanding the creation of the United States of America.