The presidency A to Z

List of figures and list of tables About the authors Preface A: Adams, Abigail Adams, John Adams, John Quincy Agnew, Spiro T Agriculture Department Air Force One Appointment and removal power (Executive Branch) Arthur, Chester A Article II Assassinations and assaults B: Background of presidents Barkley, Alben W Bell, John Biden, Joseph Jr Blaine, James G Blair House Breckinridge, John C Brownlow Committee Bryan, William Jennings Buchanan, James Buckley v Valeo Budget process Bureaucracy Burr, Aaron Bush, Barbara Bush, George H W Bush, George W Bush, Laura Bush v Gore C: Cabinet Calhoun, John C Camp David Campaign debates Campaign financing Carter, Jimmy Carter, Rosalynn Central Intelligence Agency Cheney, Richard B Chief of Staff Chief of State Civil Service Civil War Clay, Henry Cleveland, Grover Clinton v Jones Clinton, Bill Clinton, George Clinton, Hillary Rodham Colfax, Schuyler Commerce Department Commissions, Presidential Congress and the presidency Congressional caucus (King Caucus) Constitutional powers and provisions Coolidge, Calvin Counsel to the president Court-packing plan Courts and the president Crawford, William Harris Curtis, Charles D: Daily and family life Dallas, George M Davis, Jefferson Dawes, Charles G Death of the president Debs, Eugene V Defense Department Delegate selection reforms Dewey, Thomas E Diplomatic powers Disability amendment Doctrines, presidential Dole, Robert J Douglas, Stephen A Dukakis, Michael S E: Economic Advisers, Council of Economic powers Education Department Eisenhower, Dwight D Elections and campaigns Elections chronology Electoral College Emancipation Proclamation Emergency powers Energy Department Environmental Protection Agency Ethics Executive agreements Executive office buildings Executive office of the president Executive orders Executive privilege F: - Fairbanks, Charles W Fair Deal Farewell addresses Federal Bureau of Investigation Federal Election Commission Federalist Papers Federal Reserve System Ferraro, Geraldine A Fillmore, Millard First hundred days First ladies Ford, Betty Ford, Gerald R Former presidents

G: Garfield, James A Garner, John Nance Gerry, Elbridge Goldwater, Barry M Gore, Albert Jr Grant, Ulysses S Great Depression Great Society Group of Eight (G-8)/Group of Twenty (G-20) Guantanamo Bay H: Hail to the Chief Hamdan v Rumsfeld Hamilton, Alexander Hamlin, Hannibal Harding, Warren G Harrison, Benjamin Harrison, William Henry Hayes, Rutherford B Health and Human Services Department Hendricks, Thomas A Historic milestones of the presidency Hobart, Garret A Homeland Security Department Honeymoon period Hoover, Herbert C Hoover Commissions Housing and Urban Development Department Hughes, Charles Evans Humphrey, Hubert H Humphrey's Executor v United States Hurricane Katrina I: Immigration and Naturalization Service v Chadha Impeachment Impoundment Inauguration Independent Executive agencies Independent regulatory agencies Interest groups and the presidency Interior Department Iran-Contra affair Iraq War (Operation Iraqi Freedom) J: Jackson, Andrew Japanese American internment Jefferson, Thomas Johnson, Andrew Johnson, Lady Bird Johnson, Lyndon B Johnson, Richard M Joint Chiefs of Staff Justice Department K: Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, John F Kerry, John King, William R Kitchen cabinet Korean War L: La Follette, Robert M Labor Department Lame duck Landon, Alfred Law enforcement powers Legislative veto Libraries Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln, Mary Todd Line-item veto Louisiana Purchase M: McCain, John McCarthy, Eugene J McClellan, George B McGovern, George S McKinley, William Madison, Dolley Madison, James Management and Budget, Office of Marshall, Thomas R Martial law Media and the presidency Memorials, presidential Mexican-American War of 1846 Midterm elections Milligan, Ex parte Mondale, Walter F Monroe, James Monroe Doctrine Morton, Levi P Myers v United States N: National Archives and Records Administration National bank National Economic Council National Intelligence , Office of the Director of National party conventions National security adviser National Security Council Neutrality Proclamation of 1793 New Deal New Freedom New Frontier Nixon, Pat Nixon, Richard O: Oath of office Obama, Barack Obama, Michelle

P:

Pardon power

Party leader

Patronage

Perot, Ross H

Persian Gulf War (Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm)

Personnel Management, Office of

Pierce, Franklin

Political parties

Polk, James K

Presidential greatness

Presidential Medal of Freedom

Press conferences

Press Secretary, Presidential

Primaries and caucuses

Proclamations and endorsements

Public opinion and the presidency

Q: Qualifications of the president and vice president

Quayle, Dan

R:

Reagan, Nancy

Reagan, Ronald

Reconstruction

Religion and the presidency

Rockefeller, Nelson A

Roosevelt, Eleanor

Roosevelt, Franklin D

Roosevelt, Theodore

S:

Salary and perquisites

Seals of Office

Secret Service

Senatorial courtesy

Separation of powers

Sherman, James S

Signing statements

Smith, Alfred E

Spanish-American War of 1898

Special counsel

Speeches and rhetoric

Square Deal

Staff

State Department

State of the Union Address

Stevenson, Adlai E

Stevenson, Adlai E, II

Stewardship theory

Succession

Summit meetings

T:

Taft, William Howard

Taylor, Zachary

Teapot Dome scandal

Term of office

Third parties

Thurmond, J Strom

Tilden, Samuel J

Titles of the president and vice president

Tompkins, Daniel D

Trade policy

Trade Representative, Office of the U S

Transition period

Transportation Department

Travel

Treasury Department

Treaty power

Truman, Harry S

Tyler, John

U:

Unitary executive theory

United Nations

United States v Curtiss-Wright Export Corp

United States v Nixon

V:

Van Buren, Martin

Veterans Affairs Department

Veto power

Vice president

Vice-presidential residence

Vietnam War

W:

Wallace, George C

Wallace, Henry A

War in Afghanistan

War of 1812

War on terrorism

War powers

War Powers Act of 1973

Washington, George

Washington, Martha

Watergate affair

Weaver, James B

Wheeler, William A

Whiskey Rebellion

Whiskey ring scandal

White House

Willkie, Wendell L

Wilson, Edith

Wilson, Henry

Wilson, Woodrow

World War I

World War II

Y:

Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co v Sawyer

Z:

Zapruder film

Reference material:

U S Presidents and Vice Presidents, 1789-2012

Backgrounds of U S Presidents, 1789-2012

Summary of Presidential Elections, 1789-2008

Party affiliations in Congress and the Presidency, 1789-2013

Presidential Cabinets, 1789-2012

U S Government Organizational Chart

Government resources on the Web

Constitution of the United States

Selected bibliography

Index.