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Mr. President : how and why the founders created a chief executive / Ray Raphael.

By: Raphael, Ray.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012Edition: 1st ed.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-309) and index.Description: 324 p. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780307595270 (hardcover); 0307595277 (hardcover).Subject(s): Presidents -- United States -- History -- 18th century | United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1809DDC classification: 352.230973
Contents:
Part I. Precedents (for better and mostly worse): little gods on earth: monarchs and their governors; revolution and the retreat from executive authority -- Part II. Conjuring the office: first draft; second guesses; Gouverneur Morris's final push -- Part III. Field tests: selling the plan; the launch; Washington and the challenge to transcendent leadership; system failure: partisan politics and the election of 1800; Jefferson stretches the limits.
Summary: Explains how the American presidency was shaped during the Constitutional Convention, in a history that includes Gouverneur Morris, James Madison, and George Washington, each trying to see his vision for the office of the president realized.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-309) and index.

Part I. Precedents (for better and mostly worse): little gods on earth: monarchs and their governors; revolution and the retreat from executive authority -- Part II. Conjuring the office: first draft; second guesses; Gouverneur Morris's final push -- Part III. Field tests: selling the plan; the launch; Washington and the challenge to transcendent leadership; system failure: partisan politics and the election of 1800; Jefferson stretches the limits.

Explains how the American presidency was shaped during the Constitutional Convention, in a history that includes Gouverneur Morris, James Madison, and George Washington, each trying to see his vision for the office of the president realized.

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