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President and Congress

Title
President and Congress / by Wilfred E. Binkley.
Author
Binkley, Wilfred E. (Wilfred Ellsworth), 1883-1965.
Publication
New York : Vintage Books, 1962.

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Description
403 pages; 19 cm
Summary
First ed. published in 1937 under title: The powers of the President. Includes bibliography.
Series Statement
Vintage books, V-211
Uniform Title
Powers of the president
Alternative Title
Powers of the president
Subject
  • United States. Congress > History
  • United States. Congress
  • USA Präsident
  • Geschichte 1787-1960
  • Executive power > United States > History
  • Legislative power > United States > History
  • Executive power > United States
  • Politics and government
  • Executive power
  • Legislative power
  • Politisches System
  • United States > Politics and government
  • United States
Genre/Form
History
Note
  • First ed. published in 1937 under title: The powers of the President.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliography.
Contents
The problem in the Constitutional convention: How shall the executive be related to the legislature? -- The solution of the Federalist party. -- The solution of the Jeffersonian republicans. -- The Jacksonian revolution. -- The Jacksonian view of the executive prevails. -- Lincoln and Congress. -- The reaction against the executive. -- The hegemony of the Senate. -- Congressional government. -- The leadership of William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. -- The theory and practice of Woodrow Wilson. -- Three typical Republican presidents. -- The presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt. -- The presidency in world war II. -- Summary and conclusions.
LCCN
62002230
OCLC
  • ocm00499334
  • 499334
  • SCSB-164536
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library