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• Cover
• Introduction
• About This Book
• Conventions Used in This Book
• Icons Used in This Book
• Beyond the Book
• Where to Go from Here
• Part 1: Understanding U.S. Presidents
• Chapter 1: Presidents and the Presidency
• Establishing the First U.S. Government
• Examining Presidential Influence on the Presidency
• Perfecting the Power to Shape Public Opinion
• Performing Many Roles: Today’s President
• Chapter 2: Presidential Rankings and Evaluations
• Evaluating the Presidents
• Ranking U.S. Presidents
• Part 2: Starting with Known Quantities: Washington to John Quincy Adams
• Chapter 3: Starting Well with George Washington
• Washington’s Early Career
• Fighting for Independence
• Designing the New Country
• President George Washington (1789–1797)
• Dealing with the Issues of the Day
• Stepping Down
• Retiring Briefly
• Chapter 4: The Authoritarian and the Philosopher: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
• Founding the Country and Almost Destroying It: John Adams
• Master of Multitasking: Thomas Jefferson
• Chapter 5: Prominent but Ineffective: Madison, Monroe, and John Quincy Adams
• James Madison: From Founding Father to Presidential Flop
• Succeeding Abroad, Failing at Home: James Monroe
• Like Father, Like Son: John Quincy Adams
• Part 3: Enduring the Best and the Worst: Jackson to Buchanan
• Chapter 6: Standing Firm: Andrew Jackson
• Jackson’s Early Career
• Suffering through the Stolen Election of 1824
• President Andrew Jackson (1829–1837)
• Chapter 7: Forgettable: Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, and Tyler
• Martin Van Buren, Master of Politics
• The Founder of the Image Campaign: William Henry Harrison
• Stepping into the Presidency: John Tyler
• Chapter 8: Dreaming of California: James K. Polk
• Young Hickory
• Polk’s Early Political Career
• Texas to the Rescue
• Keeping His Campaign Simple
• President James Polk (1845–1849)
• Winning the War but Losing the Battle
• Choosing Not to Run Again
• Chapter 9: Working Up to the Civil War: Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, and Buchanan
• Trying to Preserve the Union: Zachary Taylor
• Making Things Worse: Millard Fillmore
• Sympathizing with the South: Franklin Pierce
• Failing to Save the Union: James Buchanan
• Part 4: Becoming a Force in the World: Lincoln to Hoover
• Chapter 10: Preserving the Union: Abraham Lincoln
• Lincoln’s Early Political Career
• A Star Is Born
• President Abraham Lincoln (1861–1865)
• The Civil War
• Lincoln’s Short Second Term
• Chapter 11: Reconstructing the Country: Johnson, Grant, and Hayes
• From Poverty to the Presidency: Andrew Johnson
• Enter a War Hero: Ulysses Simpson Grant
• Corruption Leads to an Uncorrupt President: Rutherford Birchard Hayes
• Chapter 12: Closing Out the Century: Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland, and Benjamin Harrison
• A Promising President Is Assassinated: James Abram Garfield
• The Unexpected President: Chester Alan Arthur
• Making History by Serving Nonconsecutive Terms: Grover Cleveland
• The Spoiled Republican: Benjamin Harrison
• Chapter 13: Influencing the World: McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, and Taft
• Discarding Isolationism: William McKinley
• Building a Strong Foreign Policy: Theodore Roosevelt
• The President Who Hated Politics: William Howard Taft (1909–1913)
• Chapter 14: Protecting Democracy: Woodrow Wilson
• Studying Government
• Breaking into Politics in New Jersey
• President Woodrow Wilson (1913–1921)
• Being Drawn into the War
• Making the Peace
• Chapter 15: Roaring through the ’20s with Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover
• Living the High Life: Warren G. Harding
• Quietly Doing Nothing: John Calvin Coolidge
• A Great Humanitarian, but a Bad President: Herbert Hoover
• Part 5: Instituting the Imperial Presidency: Franklin Roosevelt to Richard Nixon
• Chapter 16: Boosting the Country and Bringing Back Beer: Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Roosevelt’s Early Political Career
• Governing New York
• President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1933–1945)
• Winning a Third Term, Facing a World War
• Fighting World War II
• Winning the War
• Running and Winning One More Time
• Chapter 17: Stopping the Buck at Harry Truman
• Truman’s Early Political Career
• President Harry S. Truman (1945–1953)
• Hating His Second Term
• Ceding to Stevenson
• Chapter 18: Liking Ike: Dwight David Eisenhower
• Eisenhower’s Early Military Career
• Retiring from the Military
• President Dwight David Eisenhower (1953–1961)
• Chapter 19: Fulfilling Family Expectations: John Fitzgerald Kennedy
• Kennedy’s Early Political Career
• President John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1961–1963)
• Changing Foreign Policy
• Attending to Domestic Policy
• A Promising Life Cut Short
• Chapter 20: Fighting for Might and Right: Lyndon Johnson
• Johnson’s Early Political Career
• President Lyndon Baines Johnson (1963–1969)
• Chapter 21: Covering Up: Richard Nixon
• Nixon’s Early Political Career
• Losing the Presidential Race in 1960
• Contending from Coast to Coast
• President Richard Milhous Nixon (1969–1974)
• Serving Part of a Second Term
• Part 6: Changing the Dynamics: Gerald Ford to Donald J. Trump
• Chapter 22: The Career Politician and the Peanut Farmer: Ford and Carter
• Stepping in for Nixon: Gerald Ford
• Sharing Faith and Principles: Jimmy Carter
• Chapter 23: A Starring Role for Ronald Reagan
• Reagan’s Early Career
• President Ronald Wilson Reagan (1981–1989)
• Reestablishing U.S. World Domination
• Dealing with Scandal in His Second Term
• Keeping the Revolution Alive during Retirement
• Chapter 24: Acting Out: George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton
• Bringing an End to the Cold War: George Bush
• Scandal Amid Domestic Policy Success: Bill Clinton
• Chapter 25: Getting the Call: George W. Bush
• Bush’s Early Career
• Running for the Presidency
• Surviving the 2000 Election
• President George Walker Bush (2001–2009)
• Disaster Strikes
• Winning Reelection
• Going into Retirement
• Chapter 26: Breaking Tradition: Barack H. Obama
• Growing Up Global
• From Senator to President: Obama’s Political Journey
• President Barack H. Obama (2009–2017)
• Dealing with Foreign Policy
• Being Active in Retirement
• Chapter 27: A Billionaire in the White House: Donald John Trump
• Growing Up Wealthy
• Succeeding in Business
• Entering Politics
• Being Controversial at Home
• Being Controversial Abroad
• Scandals: Defining Trump’s Presidency
• Part 7: The Part of Tens
• Chapter 28: The Ten Best Presidents
• Abraham Lincoln
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt
• Theodore Roosevelt
• George Washington
• Harry Truman
• Ronald Reagan
• Thomas Jefferson
• Woodrow Wilson
• Dwight D. Eisenhower
• James Polk
• Chapter 29: The Ten Worst Presidents
• Andrew Johnson
• Warren G. Harding
• Franklin Pierce
• James Buchanan
• John Tyler
• Millard Fillmore
• Ulysses S. Grant
• William Henry Harrison
• Martin Van Buren
• Herbert Hoover
• Chapter 30: Ten Presidential Libraries Worth Visiting
• Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum
• George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum
• William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum
• George H. W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum
• John Fitzgerald Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
• Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum
• Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum
• Dwight D. Eisenhower Library and Museum
• Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum
• Jimmy Carter Library and Museum
• Appendix: Presidential Facts
• Index
• About the Author
• Connect with Dummies
• End User License Agreement