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The Executive Branch of the Federal Government: Purpose, Process, and People (U.S. Government: the Separation of Powers) By Brian Duignan

Introduction 11

Chapter 1: The Role of the Executive 21

The Political Executive 22

Presidential Systems of Government 25

The Presidency of the United States 27

Duties of the Office 27

Primary Document: The Constitution

of the United States: Article II 28

Historical Development

of the Presidency 29

Primary Document: The Constitution of the

United States: Twenty-third Amendment 40

In Focus: The Watergate Scandal 42

Selecting a President 45

Primary Document: The Constitution of

the United States: Twelfth Amendment 48

The Vice Presidency of the United States 60

The First Lady of the United States 64

The White House 78

Executive Departments and Agencies 85

The Cabinet 86

Executive Agencies and Offices 94

Chapter 2: Presidents of the United States:

George Washington to

William McKinley 103

George Washington 103

Childhood and Youth 103

Prerevolutionary Military

and Political Career 104

Revolutionary Leadership 109

Presidency 113

John Adams 116

Early Life 116

Continental Congress 117

Foreign Service 118

Political Philosophy 119

Vice Presidency and Presidency 120

Retirement 122

Thomas Jefferson 123

Early Years 123

Declaring Independence 124

American in Paris 125

Party Politics 126

Presidency 128

Retirement 131

James Madison 132

Early Life and Political Activities 133

The Father of the Constitution 134

Madison’s Presidency 136

Later Life 137

James Monroe 138

Early Life and Career 138

Minister to France 139

The Louisiana Purchase 140

Presidency 141

John Quincy Adams 142

Early Life and Career 142

Break with the Federalists 144

Secretary of State 145

Presidency and Feud with Jackson 145

Second Career in Congress 146

Andrew Jackson 147

Early Life 147

Tennessee Politics 148

Military Feats 149

Presidential Prospects 150

Jacksonian Democracy 151

The First Term 151

Reelection in 1832 153

Martin Van Buren 154

William Henry Harrison 156

John Tyler 159

James K. Polk 161

Early Life and Career 162

Presidency 164

Zachary Taylor 164

Millard Fillmore 167

Franklin Pierce 169

James Buchanan

Abraham Lincoln 174

Life 175

Reputation and Character 185

Andrew Johnson 187

Early Life and Career 187

The Presidency 189

Impeachment 190

Ulysses S. Grant 191

Early Life 192

The Civil War 193

Command over Union Armies 193

Grant’s Presidency 195

Later Life 196

Rutherford B. Hayes 197

James A. Garfield 199

Chester A. Arthur 202

Grover Cleveland 205

Benjamin Harrison 209

William McKinley 212

Chapter 3: Presidents of the United States:

Theodore Roosevelt to

Barack Obama 216

Theodore Roosevelt 216

The Early Years 216

The Square Deal 219

Foreign Policy 220

Last Years as President 221

Later Years 221

William Howard Taft 222

Woodrow Wilson 225

Early Life, Education, and Governorship 226

First Term as President 227

Second Term as President 228

Warren G. Harding 230

Calvin Coolidge 233

Herbert Hoover 236

Franklin D. Roosevelt 240

Early Life 240

Early Political Activities 241

Paralysis to Presidency 242

The First Term 244

The Second Term 246

The Third and Fourth Terms 248

Harry S. Truman 251

Early Life and Career 252

Succession to the Presidency 253

Winning a Second Term 254

Outbreak of the Korean War 255

Dwight D. Eisenhower 256

Early Career 256

Supreme Commander 257

First Term as President 258

Second Term 260

Primary Document:

Dwight D. Eisenhower: Farewell Address 262

John F. Kennedy 263

Early Life 263

Congressman and Senator 264

Presidential Candidate and President 265

Primary Document:

John F. Kennedy: Inaugural Address 268

Assassination 270

Lyndon B. Johnson 271

Early Life 272

Career in Congress 272

Vice Presidency 273

Accession to the Presidency 274

In Focus: The Warren Commission 275

Election and the Vietnam War 277

Domestic Problems 278

Last Days 279

Richard M. Nixon 279

Early Life and Congressional Career 280

Vice Presidency 280

Election of 1960 281

Presidency 282

Domestic Policies 282

Foreign Affairs 283

Watergate and Other Scandals 284

Retirement and Death 286

Gerald R. Ford 286

Primary Document: The Constitution of the

United States: Twenty-fifth Amendment,

Sections 1 and 2 287

Jimmy Carter 289

Ronald W. Reagan 295

Early Life and Acting Career 296

Governorship of California 298

Election of 1980 299

Primary Document:

Ronald Reagan: First Inaugural Address 300

Presidency 301

Retirement and Declining Health 308

George Bush 308

Early Life and Career 309

Vice Presidency 310

Presidency 311

Retirement 314

Bill Clinton 314

Early Life 314

Governor of Arkansas 316

Presidency 317

Life After the Presidency 321

George W. Bush 322

Early Life 323

Governor of Texas 325

Presidency 327

Barack Obama 340

Early Life 341

Politics and the Presidency 342

Primary Document:

Barack Obama: Inaugural Address 346

Appendix: Tables 349

Presidents of the United States 349

Vice Presidents of the United States 351

First Ladies of the United States 354

U.S. Presidential Election Results 356

Cabinets of the

Presidents of the United States 367

Glossary 399

For Further Reading 402

Index 404

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