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by Stephen F. Knott

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The American presidency is not what it once was. Nor, Stephen F. Knott contends, what it was meant to be. Taking on an issue as timely as Donald Trump's latest tweet and old as the American republic, the distinguished presidential scholar documents the devolution of the American presidency from the neutral, unifying office envisioned by the framers of the Constitution into the demagogic, partisan entity of our day.

The presidency of popular consent, or the majoritarian presidency that we have today, far predates its current incarnation. The executive office as James Madison, George Washington, and Alexander Hamilton conceived it would be a source of national pride and unity, a check on the tyranny of the majority, and a neutral guarantor of the nation's laws. The Lost Soul of the American Presidency shows how Thomas Jefferson's "Revolution of 1800" remade the presidency, paving the way for Andrew Jackson to elevate "majority rule" into an unofficial constitutional principle--and contributing to the disenfranchisement, and worse, of African Americans and Native Americans. In Woodrow Wilson, Knott finds a worthy successor to Jefferson and Jackson. More than any of his predecessors, Wilson altered the nation's expectations of what a president could be expected to achieve, putting in place the political machinery to support a "presidential government."

As difficult as it might be to recover the lost soul of the American presidency, Knott reminds us of presidents who resisted pandering to public opinion and appealed to our better angels--George Washington, John Quincy Adams, Abraham Lincoln, and William Howard Taft, among others--whose presidencies suggest an alternative and offer hope for the future of the nation's highest office.

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  • Title The Lost Soul of the American Presidency: The Decline Into Demagoguery and the Prospects for Renewal
  • Author Stephen F. Knott
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 314
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University Press of Kansas
  • Publication date 2020-07-14
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • ISBN 9780700630394 / 0700630392
  • Weight 0.92 lbs (0.42 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 5.9 x 0.7 in (22.86 x 14.99 x 1.78 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Chronological Period: 21st Century
  • Category Politics / Current Events
  • Library of Congress subjects United States - Politics and government, Presidents - United States - History
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2019006955
  • Dewey Decimal Code 973.099
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