Presidential campaigns
Presidential campaigns: from George Washington to George W. Bush Paul F. Boller, Jr
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
ISBN: 0195167155
LCC: E176.1
Edition: (acid-free paper)
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [421]-466) and index.
1789--Starting off: George Washington -- 1792--Washington again --
1796--Federalist succession: John Adams -- 1800--Republican takeover:
Jefferson's revolution -- 1804--Jefferson's landslide --
1808--Madison and the dambargo -- 1812--Madison's wartime re-election
-- 1816--Monroe: another Virginia victory -- 1820--Monroe's
quiet-re-election -- 1824--John Quincy Adams and the "corrupt
bargain" -- 1828--Jackson vs. Adams -- 1832--Jackson, Clay, and the
bank war -- 1836--Van Buren's victory over three whigs --
1840--Tippecanoe and Tyler too -- 1844--Polk and manifest destiny --
1848--Old Zach and the Michigander -- 1852--Frank Pierce and the old
fuss and feathers -- 1856--Buchanan and bleeding Kansas --
1860--Lincoln and the sectional crisis -- 1864--Lincoln and the war
crisis -- 1868--Grant and reconstruction -- 1872--Grant and the
liberal republicans -- 1876--The Hayes-Tilden disputed election --
1880--The triumph of "boatman Jim" Garfield -- 1884--The
Cleveland-Blaine contest -- 1888--Harrison, Cleveland, and the tariff
-- 1892--Cleveland's return to power -- 1896--McKinley, Bryan, and
free silver -- 1900--The McKinley-Roosevelt triumph -- 1904--T.R.'s
smashing victory -- 1908--Taft's big victory over Bryan -- 1912--The
high tide of progressivism: Wilson, Roosevelt, and Taft --
1916--Wilson and the great war -- 1920--Harding, Nostrums, and
Normalcy -- 1924--Keeping cool with Coolidge -- 1928--Hoover, Smith,
and the catholic issue -- 1932--Roosevelt, Hoover, and the great
depression -- 1936--Roosevelt and the new deal -- 1940--Roosevelt,
Wilkie, and the war in Europe -- 1944--Roosevelt's wartime mandate --
1948--The great Truman surprise -- 1952--The Eisenhower landslide --
1956--Another Eisenhower landslide -- 1960--Kennedy and the new
frontier -- 1964--Lyndon Johnson and the great society --
1968--Nixon, Humphrey, and the Vietnam War -- 1972--Another Nixon
triumph -- 1976--The triumph of an outsider: Jimmy Carter --
1980--The Reagan victory -- 1984--Another Reagan sweep --
1988--Trivial pursuit: Bush vs. Dukakis -- 1992--Clinton and the call
for change -- 1996--Bill Clinton and the vital center -- 2000--Bush,
Gore, and the Supreme Court -- Presidential campaigns through the
years.
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