Preface |
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Chapter 1 The Constitutional Convention |
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The Constitutional Convention |
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Chapter 2 Creating the Presidency |
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33 | (50) |
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The Making of the Presidency: An Overview |
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33 | (4) |
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37 | (2) |
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39 | (4) |
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43 | (1) |
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44 | (3) |
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Institutional Separation from Congress |
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47 | (3) |
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50 | (15) |
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65 | (5) |
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Ratifying the Constitution |
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70 | (13) |
Chapter 3 Bringing the Constitutional Presidency to Life: George Washington and John Adams |
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The Election of George Washington |
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84 | (3) |
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Making the Presidency Safe for Democracy |
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87 | (3) |
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Forming the Executive and Judicial Branches |
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90 | (3) |
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Presidential "Supremacy" and the Conduct of the Executive Branch |
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93 | (3) |
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Presidential Nonpartisanship and the Beginning of Party Conflict |
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96 | (8) |
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Washington's Retirement and the Jay Treaty: The Constitutional Crisis of 1796 |
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104 | (4) |
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108 | (1) |
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The Embattled Presidency of John Adams |
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109 | (4) |
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The Alien and Sedition Acts |
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113 | (8) |
Chapter 4 The Triumph of Jeffersonianism |
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121 | (30) |
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122 | (4) |
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Jefferson's War with the Judiciary |
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126 | (2) |
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The Democratic-Republican Program and the Adjustment to Power |
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128 | (5) |
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The Limits of "Popular" Leadership |
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133 | (1) |
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134 | (2) |
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136 | (1) |
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The Presidency of James Madison and the Rise of the House of Representatives |
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137 | (4) |
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The Presidency of James Monroe |
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141 | (10) |
Chapter 5 The Age of Jackson |
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151 | (38) |
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152 | (5) |
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The Rise of the Party Convention |
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157 | (1) |
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Jackson's Struggle with Congress |
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157 | (3) |
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The Aftermath of the Bank Veto |
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160 | (2) |
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The Decline of the Cabinet |
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162 | (1) |
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The Limits of the Jacksonian Presidency |
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163 | (5) |
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Martin Van Buren and the Panic of 1837 |
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168 | (1) |
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The Jacksonian Presidency Sustained |
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169 | (2) |
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John Tyler and the Problem of Presidential Succession |
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171 | (4) |
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The Presidency of James K. Polk |
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175 | (5) |
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The Slavery Controversy and the Twilight of the Jacksonian Presidency |
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180 | (9) |
Chapter 6 The Presidency of Abraham Lincoln |
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189 | (28) |
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Lincoln and the Slavery Controversy |
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192 | (3) |
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195 | (2) |
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197 | (2) |
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Lincoln's Wartime Measures |
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199 | (5) |
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The Emancipation Proclamation |
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204 | (4) |
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208 | (3) |
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211 | (6) |
Chapter 7 The Reaction against Presidential Power: Andrew Johnson to William McKinley |
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217 | (44) |
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Reconstruction and the Assault on Executive Authority |
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219 | (6) |
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The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson |
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225 | (2) |
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Ulysses S. Grant and the Abdication of Executive Power |
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227 | (6) |
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The Fight to Restore Presidential Power |
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233 | (12) |
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Congressional Government and the Prelude to a More Active Presidency |
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245 | (16) |
Chapter 8 Progressive Politics and Executive Power: The Presidencies of Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson |
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261 | (58) |
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Theodore Roosevelt and the Expansion of Executive Power |
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263 | (18) |
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The Troubled Presidency of William Howard Taft |
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281 | (6) |
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Progressive Politics and the Elections of 1912 |
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287 | (4) |
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Woodrow Wilson's Theory of Executive Leadership |
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291 | (3) |
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294 | (1) |
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The Art of Popular Leadership |
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294 | (2) |
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Wilson's Relations with Congress |
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296 | (4) |
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300 | (19) |
Chapter 9 The Triumph of Conservative Republicanism |
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319 | (28) |
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321 | (9) |
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The "Silent" Politics of Calvin Coolidge |
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330 | (5) |
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Herbert C. Hoover and the Great Depression |
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335 | (6) |
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341 | (6) |
Chapter 10 The Consolidation of the Modern Presidency: Franklin D. Roosevelt to Dwight D. Eisenhower |
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347 | (54) |
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Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Modern Presidency |
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348 | (23) |
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The Modern Presidency Sustained: Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower |
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371 | (30) |
Chapter 11 Personalizing the Presidency: John F. Kennedy to Jimmy Carter |
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401 | (54) |
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John F. Kennedy and the Rise of the "Personal Presidency" |
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402 | (9) |
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Lyndon B. Johnson and Presidential Government |
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411 | (10) |
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The Twenty-Fifth Amendment |
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421 | (3) |
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The Presidency of Richard Nixon |
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424 | (14) |
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Gerald R. Ford and the Post-Watergate Era |
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438 | (4) |
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442 | (13) |
Chapter 12 A Restoration of Presidential Power? Ronald Reagan and George Bush |
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455 | (38) |
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456 | (16) |
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472 | (6) |
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478 | (15) |
Chapter 13 Bill Clinton and the Modern Presidency |
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494 | (3) |
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The First Year of the Clinton Presidency |
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497 | (5) |
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The 1994 Elections and the Restoration of Divided Government |
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502 | (4) |
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506 | (5) |
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Balanced Budgets, Impeachment Politics, and the Limits of the Third Way |
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511 | (12) |
Chapter 14 George W. Bush and Unilateral Presidential Power |
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523 | (28) |
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524 | (2) |
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526 | (2) |
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The Early Months of the Bush Presidency |
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528 | (3) |
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September 11 and the War on Terrorism |
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531 | (2) |
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533 | (5) |
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Bush and the Republican Party |
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538 | (5) |
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543 | (3) |
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Partisanship and Unilateralism at the Twilight of the Bush Presidency |
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546 | (5) |
Chapter 15 Barack Obama and Presidential Leadership in Polarized Times |
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551 | (30) |
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553 | (2) |
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The New Foundation and Partisan Rancor |
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555 | (5) |
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We Can't Wait: Obama and the Administrative Presidency |
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560 | (3) |
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Obama's Reelection and the Perils of Partisanship |
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563 | (3) |
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Obama, Partisanship, and the War on Terrorism |
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Barack Obama's Fragile Legacy |
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570 | (11) |
Chapter 16 The Trump Presidency and Resilience of Constitutional Government |
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583 | (2) |
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Forming the Administration |
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585 | (3) |
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Trump's Administrative Presidency |
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588 | (2) |
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590 | (3) |
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593 | (3) |
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The Rhetorical Presidency |
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596 | (3) |
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599 | (3) |
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602 | (7) |
Chapter 17 The Vice Presidency |
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610 | (4) |
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The Vice Presidency in the Nineteenth Century |
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614 | (3) |
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Theodore Roosevelt to Harry S. Truman |
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617 | (4) |
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The Modern Vice Presidency |
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637 | (6) |
Appendix |
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643 | (38) |
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Constitution of the United States |
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645 | (21) |
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U.S. Presidents and Vice Presidents |
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666 | (4) |
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Summary of Presidential Elections, 1789-2016 |
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670 | (11) |
Index |
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