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Palgrave Macmillan
Language
English
Pages
233

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Subjects

Biography, Presidents, Succession, Vice-Presidents, Vice-presidents, united states, Presidents, united states, succession, United states, politics and government, biography, Vice-presidents

Places

United States

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Table of Contents

Introduction: Succession and democratic theory
"I can never consent to being dictated to" : John Tyler
"God save us from Whig vice presidents" : Millard Fillmore
"I care not about my dignity" : Andrew Johnson
"There's only one life between that madman and the presidency?" : Theodore Roosevelt
"He isn't Chet anymore, he's the president" : Chester A. Arthur
"I felt like... all the planets had fallen on me" : Harry S. Truman
"For millions of Americans I was...an illegal usurper" : Lyndon Baines Johnson
"I thought I could swing it" : Calvin Coolidge
"I am acutely aware that you have not elected me as your president" : Gerald Ford
Conclusion: Refounding succession.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
New York
Series
The evolving American presidency
Genre
Biography.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
973.0099, B
Library of Congress
E176.49 .A33 2008, D1-DX301

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
233

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OL16631822M
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ISBN 10
0230607667
LCCN
2007048029
OCLC/WorldCat
182662553
Library Thing
5790463
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3252422

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