The Presidency A to Z

by Nelson, Michael; Congressional Quarterly, Inc.

• ISBN13: 9781568023595
• ISBN10: 1568023596
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-10-01
• Publisher: Cq Pr

Summary

The most current, comprehensive, and accessible basic resource on the presidency. "Library Journal" Reference Best Seller, " December, 1997 Praise for the first edition "Libraries will find this an excellent and well-used source ... Highly recommended." -- Library Journal CQ's classic quick-information guide to the presidency is now in a new and revised edition that includes information about the 1996 elections and Clinton's second term This comprehensive, alphabetical encyclopedia of 300+ easy-to-read essays is the perfect first resource for anyone who wants reliable information or background material on the people who've held our nation's highest office, the powers and history of that office, and how the institution has evolved from George Washington to Bill Clinton. CQ's breadth of knowledge and depth of expertise on the U.S. presidency is unparalleled, For more than forty years, librarians, scholars, and citizens have looked to CQ for the best research and reporting on the workings of all three branches of government. Now, one of their favorite reference volumes is in a new edition and at a lower price. In this new edition of The Presidency A to Z, readers will find: -- Biographies of every president, and of many others important to the office. -- Explanations of broader concepts and powers relating to the presidency. -- Complete election coverage and analysis. -- Discussions of relations with Congress, the Supreme Court, the bureaucracy, political parties, the media, interest groups, and the public. -- Exploration of the policies each of our presidents made, and how they shaped history. The Presidency A to Z includes all the features that made earlier editions so popular: charts, tables, lists, photographs, cartoons, indexes, a bibliography, and cross-references. More important readable treatments of complex topics make this work valuable at all levels of research. New to the Second Edition are: -- Important information on the 1994 and 1996 elections; -- Coverage of both Clinton administrations; -- Controversial legislation, policies, and issues such as the line-item veto; -- Recent scandals, investigations, and important events. New articles range from biographies of such important personalities as Bob Dole, Jack Kemp, and Colin Powell, to explanations of key presidential policies such as the Fair Deal and the Square Deal.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi	(4)
Preface	xv
A	1	(22)
Adams, Abigail	1	(1)
Adams, John	2	(2)
Adams, John Quincy	4	(2)
Agnew, Spiro T.	6	(1)
Agriculture Department	7	(1)
Air Force One	8	(1)
Anderson, John B.	9	(1)
Appointment and Removal Power (Executive Branch)	10	(5)
Arthur, Chester A.	15	(2)
Ash Council	17	(1)
Assassinations and Assaults	17	(6)
B	23	(27)
Background of Presidents	23	(2)
Barkley, Alben W.	25	(1)
Bell, John	26	(1)
Bentsen, Lloyd M., Jr.	26	(1)
Blaine, James G.	27	(1)
Blair House	28	(1)
Breckinridge, John C.	28	(1)
Brownlow Committee	29	(1)
Bryan, William Jennings	30	(1)
Buchanan, James	31	(2)
Buckley v. Valeo	33	(1)
Budget Process	34	(6)
Bureaucracy	40	(6)
Burr, Aaron	46	(1)
Bush, Barbara	47	(1)
Bush, George	48	(2)
C	50	(63)
Cabinet	50	(5)
Calhoun, John C.	55	(2)
Campaign Debates	57	(2)
Campaign Financing	59	(3)
Camp David	62	(1)
Carter, Jimmy	63	(2)
Carter, Rosalynn	65	(1)
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)	66	(2)
Chief of Staff	68	(1)
Chief of State	69	(4)
Civil Service	73	(5)
Civil War	78	(2)
Clay, Henry	80	(1)
Cleveland, Grover	81	(2)
Clinton, Bill	83	(4)
Clinton, George	87	(1)
Clinton, Hillary Rodham	88	(1)
Colfax, Schuyler	89	(1)
Commerce Department	90	(1)
Commissions, Presidential	91	(1)
Congress and the Presidency	92	(6)
Congressional Caucus (King Caucus)	98	(2)
Constitutional Powers and Provisions	100	(5)
Coolidge, Calvin	105	(2)
Counsel to the President	107	(1)
Court-Packing Plan	107	(1)
Courts and the President	108	(4)
Curtis, Charles	112	(1)
D	113	(25)
Daily and Family Life	113	(4)
Dallas, George M.	117	(1)
Davis, Jefferson	118	(1)
Dawes, Charles G.	119	(1)
Death of the President	120	(1)
Debs, Eugene V.	121	(1)
Defense Department	122	(2)
Delegate Selection Reforms	124	(1)
Dewey, Thomas E.	125	(1)
Diplomatic Powers	126	(5)
Disability Amendment	131	(2)
Doctrines, Presidential	133	(1)
Dole, Robert	134	(1)
Douglas, Stephen A.	135	(1)
Dukakis, Michael S.	136	(2)
E	138	(46)
Eagleton, Thomas F.	138	(1)
Economic Advisers, Council of	138	(1)
Economic Powers	139	(4)
Education Department	143	(1)
Eisenhower, Dwight D.	144	(2)
Elections and Campaigns	146	(6)
Elections Chronology	152	(11)
Electoral College	163	(2)
Emancipation Proclamation	165	(1)
Emergency Powers	166	(4)
Energy Department	170	(1)
Environmental Protection Agency	171	(1)
Ethics	172	(2)
Executive Agreements	174	(2)
Executive Office Buildings	176	(1)
Executive Office of the President	177	(4)
Executive Orders	181	(1)
Executive Privilege	182	(2)
F	184	(18)
Fairbanks, Charles W.	184	(1)
Fair Deal	185	(1)
Farewell Addresses	185	(1)
Federal Election Commission	186	(1)
Federalist Papers	187	(1)
Federal Reserve System	188	(1)
Ferraro, Geraldine A.	189	(1)
Fillmore, Millard	190	(2)
First Hundred Days	192	(1)
First Ladies	193	(3)
Ford, Betty	196	(2)
Ford, Gerald R.	198	(1)
Former Presidents	199	(3)
G	202	(13)
Garfield, James A.	202	(1)
Garner, John Nance	203	(1)
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)	204	(1)
Gerry, Elbridge	205	(1)
Goldwater, Barry M.	206	(1)
Gore, Al	207	(1)
Gore, Tipper	208	(1)
Government Corporations	209	(1)
Grant, Ulysses S.	209	(3)
Great Depression	212	(1)
Great Society	213	(1)
Grenada Invasion	214	(1)
Group of Eight	214	(1)
H	215	(26)
Hamilton, Alexander	215	(1)
Hamlin, Hannibal	216	(1)
Harding, Warren G.	217	(1)
Harrison, Benjamin	218	(2)
Harrison, William Henry	220	(1)
Hayes, Rutherford B.	221	(2)
Health and Human Services Department	223	(1)
Health of Presidents	224	(1)
Hendricks, Thomas A.	224	(1)
Historians' Ratings of the Presidents	225	(1)
Historic Milestones of the Presidency	226	(6)
Hobart, Garret A.	232	(1)
Honeymoon Period	233	(1)
Hoover, Herbert	233	(2)
Hoover, J. Edgar	235	(1)
Hoover Commissions	236	(1)
Housing and Urban Development Department	237	(1)
Hughes, Charles Evans	238	(1)
Humphrey, Hubert H.	239	(1)
Humphrey's Executor v. United States	240	(1)
I	241	(21)
Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Chadha	241	(1)
Impeachment	242	(5)
Impoundment	247	(1)
Inauguration	248	(2)
Independent Counsel	250	(2)
Independent Executive Agencies	252	(1)
Independent Regulatory Agencies	253	(2)
Interest Groups and the Presidency	255	(3)
Interior Department	258	(1)
Iran-Contra Affair	259	(3)
J	262	(17)
Jackson, Andrew	262	(2)
Jackson, Jesse	264	(1)
Japanese-American Internment	265	(1)
Jefferson, Thomas	266	(3)
Johnson, Andrew	269	(1)
Johnson, Lady Bird	270	(1)
Johnson, Lyndon B.	271	(2)
Johnson, Richard M.	273	(2)
Joint Chiefs of Staff	275	(1)
Justice Department	276	(3)
K	279	(11)
Kefauver, Estes	279	(1)
Kemp, Jack	279	(2)
Kennedy, Jacqueline	281	(1)
Kennedy, John F.	281	(2)
Kennedy, Robert F.	283	(2)
King, William R.	285	(1)
Kissinger, Henry	286	(1)
Kitchen Cabinet	287	(1)
Korean War	287	(3)
L	290	(15)
Labor Department	290	(1)
La Follette, Robert M.	291	(1)
Lame Duck	292	(1)
Landon, Alfred	293	(1)
Law Enforcement Powers	294	(2)
Legislative Veto	296	(1)
Libraries	297	(2)
Lincoln, Abraham	299	(2)
Lincoln, Mary Todd	301	(1)
Line-Item Veto	302	(1)
Louisiana Purchase	303	(2)
M	305	(29)
McCarthy, Eugene J.	305	(1)
McCarthy, Joseph R.	306	(1)
McClellan, George	307	(1)
McGovern, George S.	308	(2)
McKinley, William	310	(2)
McNamara, Robert	312	(1)
Madison, Dolley	313	(1)
Madison, James	314	(2)
Management and Budget, Office of	316	(1)
Marshall, Thomas R.	317	(1)
Martial Law	318	(1)
Media and the Presidency	318	(5)
Memorials, Presidential	323	(1)
Mexican War of 1846	324	(2)
Midterm Elections	326	(1)
Milligan, Ex Parte	327	(1)
Mondale, Joan	328	(1)
Mondale, Walter F.	328	(1)
Monroe James	329	(2)
Monroe Doctrine	331	(1)
Morton, Levi P.	332	(1)
Myers v. United States	332	(2)
N	334	(17)
National Archives	334	(1)
National Bank	335	(1)
National Party Conventions	336	(4)
National Security Adviser	340	(1)
National Security Council	340	(2)
Neutrality Proclamation of 1793	342	(1)
New Deal	343	(1)
New Freedom	344	(1)
New Frontier	345	(1)
Nixon, Pat	346	(1)
Nixon, Richard	346	(3)
Nuclear Command Procedures	349	(2)
O Oath of Office	351	(2)
P	353	(31)
Panama Invasion	353	(1)
Pardon Power	354	(1)
Party Leader	354	(2)
Patronage	356	(2)
Perot, Ross	358	(1)
Persian Gulf War	358	(2)
Personnel Management, Office of	360	(1)
Pierce, Franklin	360	(1)
Point Four	361	(1)
Policy Development, Office of	362	(1)
Political Action Committees (PACs)	363	(1)
Political Parties	363	(5)
Polk, James K.	368	(1)
Powell, Colin	369	(2)
Presidential Medal of Freedom	371	(1)
Press Conferences	371	(2)
Press Secretary, Presidential	373	(2)
Primaries and Caucuses	375	(3)
Proclamations and Endorsements	378	(1)
Public Opinion and the Presidency	379	(5)
Q	384	(4)
Qualifications of the President and Vice President	384	(1)
Quayle, Dan	385	(1)
Quayle, Marilyn	386	(2)
R	388	(16)
Reagan, Nancy	388	(1)
Reagan, Ronald	389	(2)
Reconstruction	391	(1)
Religion and the Presidency	392	(2)
Resignation	394	(2)
Rockefeller, Nelson A.	396	(1)
Roosevelt, Eleanor	397	(2)
Roosevelt, Franklin D.	399	(2)
Roosevelt, Theodore	401	(3)
S	404	(34)
Salary and Perquisites	404	(2)
Seals of Office	406	(1)
Secret Service	407	(2)
Senate Election of the Vice President	409	(1)
Senatorial Courtesy	409	(1)
Separation of Powers	410	(2)
Sherman, James S.	412	(1)
Smith, Alfred E.	413	(1)
Smithsonian Institution	414	(1)
Spanish-American War of 1898	415	(1)
Speeches and Rhetoric	416	(4)
Square Deal	420	(1)
Staff	421	(5)
State Department	426	(2)
State of the Union Address	428	(1)
Stevenson, Adlai E.	429	(1)
Stevenson, Adlai E., II	430	(1)
Stewardship Theory	431	(1)
Succession	431	(4)
Summit Meetings	435	(3)
T	438	(31)
Taft, William Howard	438	(1)
Taylor, Zachary	439	(2)
Teapot Dome Scandal	441	(1)
Tennessee Valley Authority	442	(1)
Term of Office	442	(3)
Third Parties	445	(3)
Thurmond, J. Strom	448	(1)
Tilden, Samuel J.	449	(1)
Titles of the President and Vice President	450	(1)
Tompkins, Daniel D.	450	(1)
Tonkin Gulf Resolution	451	(1)
Trade Policy	452	(3)
Trade Representative, Office of U.S.	455	(1)
Transition Period	455	(2)
Transportation Department	457	(1)
Travel	457	(2)
Treasury Department	459	(2)
Treaty Power	461	(3)
Truman, Harry S.	464	(2)
Tyler, John	466	(3)
U	469	(4)
United Nations	469	(2)
United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp.	471	(1)
United States v. Nixon	471	(2)
V	473	(18)
Van Buren, Martin	473	(1)
Veterans Affairs Department	474	(1)
Veto Power	475	(6)
Vice President	481	(6)
Vice-Presidential Residence	487	(1)
Vietnam War	488	(3)
W	491	(36)
Wallace, George C.	491	(1)
Wallace, Henry A.	492	(1)
War of 1812	493	(1)
War Powers	494	(5)
War Powers Act of 1973	499	(1)
Warren Commission	500	(2)
Washington, George	502	(2)
Washington, Martha	504	(1)
Watergate Affair	505	(3)
Weaver, James B.	508	(1)
Wheeler, William A.	509	(1)
Whiskey Rebellion	510	(1)
Whiskey Ring Scandal	511	(1)
White House	511	(5)
Whitewater Investigation	516	(2)
Willkie, Wendell L.	518	(1)
Wilson, Edith	518	(1)
Wilson, Henry	519	(1)
Wilson, Woodrow	520	(3)
World War I	523	(1)
World War II	524	(3)
Y Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v. Sawyer	527	(2)
Z	529	(6)
Zapruder Film	529	(1)
Zoos and Presidents	529	(6)
Appendices	535	(42)
U.S. Presidents and Vice Presidents	535	(2)
Backgrounds of U.S. Presidents	537	(3)
Summary of Presidential Elections, 1789-1996	540	(6)
Party Affiliations in Congress and the Presidency	546	(3)
Presidential Cabinets, 1789-1998	549	(15)
U.S. Government Organizational Chart	564	(1)
Online Gateways to Federal Information	565	(2)
Constitution of the United States	567	(10)
Bibliography	577	(6)
Index	583