Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Contents VII
4. I. Introduction 1
5. II. The Heritage of the Federalists 6
6. III. From Union to Disunion 31
7. IV. The Confederate Experiment 38
8. V. The First Pendleton Bill 51
9. VI. The Tenure of Office Act 72
10. VII. The Second Pendleton Bill 78
11. VIII. The Efforts of Bradford and Belmont 93
12. IX. Growing Congressional Interest 112
13. X. The Kefauver Question Period 136
14. XI. Congress Looks at Itself 168
15. XII. The Cabinet and the Reform 176
16. XIII. Congress and the Reform 187
17. XIV. The Future for Reform 211
18. Appendix I: Chronology of Recorded Visits by Members of Cabinet to Sessions of First Congress, 1789-1790 227
19. Appendix II: Representative Proposals to Change the Relationship of the Cabinet to Congress 229
20. Appendix III: Chronological Listing of Legislation Introduced in Congress, 1864-1953, Proposing a Change in the Relationship between Congress and the Cabinet 232
21. Appendix IV: Cabinet-Congressional Relations Questionnaire 234
22. Appendix V: The Attitude Survey: Methods and Results 237
23. Notes 243
24. Bibliography 283
25. Index 294