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The Life and Legacy of Gerald R. Ford

went to Yale to get his law degree he would coach football, and while many lawyers managed to find a way to stay out of war, Ford ...

The Presidency and Legacy of Thomas Jefferson

and 1776, and there he would write the Declaration of Independence ("Thomas Jefferson," 2007). In 1786, he helped to author a bill...

Evaluating John Adams's Presidency

the lions share of the credit" (Bruns, 2007). McCullough says that Adams had an "astute political mind" as well as being an eloqu...

Ronald Reagan, the Most Effective President Since 1950

federal government and those reserved to the states or to the people. All of us... need to be reminded that the federal government...

U.S. Presidency and Naturalized Citizens

that you cannot choose your land of birth, but you can possess the choice of which nation you love and this should stand as someth...

US Public Opinion, Congress, and the Presidency

not the relationship between the executive and legislative branches is successful is due, in large part, to a presidents ability t...

US President's Role

who sits in the Oval Office is the father of the country for four years at a time. One interesting change is that George W. Bush i...

How the Civil War Shaped and Defined Abraham Lincoln

necessary institution but also as a just one. They took the stance that white slave owners were entitled to own slaves as a part o...

Ronald Reagan's Conservatism

Ronald Reagan as being staunch in his support of conservatism. While his actions may have caused some to question his beliefs, he ...

The President is in the End Just a Person

prestigious job in existence. The president has never made a secret of the fact that he grew up in a single parent household ...

Biography of Jimmy Carter

in the face of his inability to work with Congress and convert "his ideas into legislative realities" ("Jimmy Carter," 2010). In r...

Leadership Principles and Chilean President Michelle Bachelet

towards achieving those goals. Kouzes and Posner put it much better: "When people described to us their personal-best leadership e...

Analyzing the First, Third, and Seventh Presidents of the United States

role of Americas first President, seeking to separate his persona as the general "who was first in war" from the President "who wa...

LBJ and Reconstruction

2000, p. 509). By 1877, these political aims were losing ground, paving the way for the return to the South of white domination (F...

Watergate as Covered by the Print Media

Pulitzer prize-winning investigative reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein - would ultimately lead to one of the most shocking...

Imperial Presidency of George W. Bush

track of the actions and responsibilities of the other various aides. Additionally, these aides tend to be a type of rivalry with...

Unemployment Rates and the Presidency

create new jobs, the Bush administration has "indelibly identified itself with the performance of the economy" (Beattie, 2003, p. ...

Comparisons Between Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush

have presided over rough economies. The poor economy, in fact, cost Bush Senior the 1992 election. According to experts, Bush Juni...

A Biography of Wesley Clark

Clark went on to become a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University between August of 1966 and 1968, where he studied philosophy, politi...

Effects of the Child Labor Act of 1916 on Woodrow Wilson's Presidency

unions had become large and powerful. In fact, Wilson ran on a progressive platform and so it would only seem natural that he woul...

An Overview of Ronald Reagan's 1980 Climb to the Presidency

In this four page paper the writer ourlines the key elements that propelled Ronald Reagan to the U.S. presidency. Details are pro...

Personality of Democratic Presidential Candidate John F. Kerry

and dull, though Starr also classifies him as "thoughtful and substantive," someone who is patient with questions and comments as ...

Life of Jimmy Carter Before He Became President

had a naval career where he lived in many places around the nation as well as many places around the world. While in the Navy he r...

Managed Care and Politics

partners. The relationship dates back to at least 1945 when Harry Truman wanted to "wage war against infirmity" (Jones, 2003, p. 3...

Life and Times of John F. Kennedy

believed that by speaking directly to the voters that another opinion might be formed. Having been involved in several wars, the...

Presidency of Harry S. Truman

him because of his poor eyesight. However, Harry would have his chance at the onset of World War I. Despite his disappointments w...

The Evolution of Federal Native-American Policy

the tribes in Illinois had already signed treated which essentially given their land to the state. In light of this he pushed and ...

George W. Bush and the Legislative Presidency

In four pages this paper examines the legislative aspects of the American presidency with George W. Bush being the primary focus. ...

'Progressive' US President Teddy Roosevelt

ideals were perhaps grand and a bit idealistic as seen in the following: "Government should promote and, if possible, provide grea...

Twilight of the Presidency by George Reedy

power because he placed himself above the law in authorizing the Watergate break-in. The tapes from the Nixon White House show a m...