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100 1 $aAbbott, Philip.
245 10 $aAccidental presidents :$bdeath, assassination, resignation, and democratic succession /$cPhilip Abbott.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2008.
300 $a233 p. :$bill. ;$c22 cm.
490 1 $aThe evolving American presidency series
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [207]-225) and index.
505 0 $aSuccession and democratic theory -- John Tyler: "I can never consent to being dictated to" -- Millard Fillmore: "God save us from Whig vice presidents" -- Andrew Johnson : "I care not about my dignity" -- Theodore Roosevelt: "There's only one life between that madman and the presidency" -- Chester A. Arthur: "He isn't Chet anymore, he's the president" -- Harry S. Truman: "I felt like the moon, the stars, and all the planets had fallen on me" -- Lyndon Baines Johnson: "For millions of Americans I was still illegitimate, a naked man with no presidential covering, a pretender to the throne, an illegal usurper" -- Calvin Coolidge: "I thought I could swing it" -- Gerald Ford: "I am acutely aware that you have not elected me as your president" -- Conclusion: Refounding succession.
650 0 $aVice-Presidents$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aPresidents$zUnited States$vBiography.
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830 0 $aEvolving American presidency.
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