16. Abraham Lincoln

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vi
3. Introduction. An Unfinished Presidency 1
4. Part I. The Founding Era
5. 1. George Washington 17
6. 2. John Adams 34
7. 3. Thomas Jefferson 47
8. 4. James Madison 61
9. 5. James Monroe 75
10. 6. John Quincy Adams 89
11. Part II. The Age of Jackson
12. 7. Andrew Jackson 103
13. 8. Martin Van Buren 116
14. 9. William Henry Harrison 126
15. 10. John Tyler 136
16. 11. James K. Polk 149
17. Part III. The Pre–Civil War Era
18. 12. Zachary Taylor 161
19. 13. Millard Fillmore 173
20. 14. Franklin Pierce 181
21. 15. James Buchanan 194
22. Part IV. Civil War and Reconstruction
23. 16. Abraham Lincoln 211
24. 17. Andrew Johnson 227
25. 18. Ulysses S. Grant 239
26. Part V. The Gilded Age
27. 19. Rutherford B. Hayes 253
28. 20. James A. Garfield 266
29. 21. Chester A. Arthur 276
30. 22. Grover Cleveland 288
31. 23. Benjamin Harrison 297
32. 24. Grover Cleveland 308
33. 25. William McKinley 316
34. Part VI. The Progressive Era
35. 26. Theodore Roosevelt 331
36. 27. William Howard Taft 343
37. Part VII. World War I and the Great Depression
38. 28. Woodrow Wilson 357
39. 29. Warren G. Harding 371
40. 30. Calvin Coolidge 385
41. 31. Herbert Hoover 395
42. Part VIII. The New Deal and World War II
43. 32. Franklin Delano Roosevelt 409
44. 33. Harry S. Truman 427
45. Part IX. The Civil Rights Era
46. 34. Dwight D. Eisenhower 443
47. 35. John F. Kennedy 459
48. 36. Lyndon B. Johnson 473
49. Part X. The Watergate Era and Reform
50. 37. Richard M. Nixon 491
51. 38. Gerald R. Ford 507
52. 39. Jimmy Carter 521
53. Part XI. New Conservatives, New Democrats, and Polarization
54. 40. Ronald Reagan 539
55. 41. George H. W. Bush 557
56. 42. William Jefferson Clinton 570
57. Part XII. National Security Era: Post-9/ 11
58. 43. George W. Bush 589
59. 44. Barack Obama 605
60. Conclusion: An Evolving American Presidency 623
61. Acknowledgments 657
62. About the Contributors 659
63. Photo Credits 667
64. Index 671