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The forgotten presidents [electronic resource] : their untold constitutional legacy / Michael J. Gerhardt.
By: Gerhardt, Michael J
.Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2013Description: 1 online resource : ill.ISBN: 9780199333264 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Presidents -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- History | Executive power -- United States -- History | Constitutional history -- United States | United States -- Politics and governmentAdditional Physical Form: Print version 9780199967797DDC classification: 342.73 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: In 'The Forgotten Presidents', eminent constitutional scholar Michael Gerhardt tells the stories of thirteen presidents whom most Americans do not remember and scholars think had no constitutional impact, among them Chester Arthur, Martin Van Buren, and William Howard Taft. As Gerhardt shows, our forgotten presidents played crucial roles in laying some of the groundwork followed by Lincoln and other modern presidents, as well as providing examples for future lawmakers of constitutional choices to avoid.
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In 'The Forgotten Presidents', eminent constitutional scholar Michael Gerhardt tells the stories of thirteen presidents whom most Americans do not remember and scholars think had no constitutional impact, among them Chester Arthur, Martin Van Buren, and William Howard Taft. As Gerhardt shows, our forgotten presidents played crucial roles in laying some of the groundwork followed by Lincoln and other modern presidents, as well as providing examples for future lawmakers of constitutional choices to avoid.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Mar. 12, 2013).
Includes bibliographical references and index.