Presidents Above Party: The First American Presidency, 1789-1829

by Ralph Louis Ketcham

Book Overview

George Washington's vision was a presidency free of party, a republican, national office that would transcend faction. That vision would remain strong in the administrations of John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, and John Quincy Adams, yet largely disappear under Andrew Jackson and his successors.

This book is a comprehensive and pathbreaking study of the early presidency and the ideals behind it. Ralph Ketcham examines...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080784179X
• ISBN13: 9780807841792
• Release Date: March 1987
• Publisher: Omohundro Institute and Unc Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.1"