Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE ix
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii
5. INTRODUCTION 1
6. I. The Founders 41
7. II. Presidential Selection in the Jeffersonian Era 88
8. III. Martin Van Buren and the Case for Electoral Restraint 123
9. IV. Woodrow Wilson and the Origin of the Modern View of Presidential Selection 170
10. V. The Development of the Presidential Selection System in the Twentieth Century 213
11. VI. Modern Party Reform 260
12. CONCLUSION 304
13. BIBLIOGRAPHY 354
14. INDEX 365