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03813aam a2200481 i 4500 001 F10D3DA6471C11EA8C4E586797128E48 003 SILO 005 20200204010450 008 190310s2019 ksu b s001 0deng c 010 $a 2019006955 020 $a 0700628509 020 $a 9780700628506 035 $a (OCoLC)1097367276 040 $a LBSOR/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d YDX $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d DAY $d YUS $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a JK511 $b .K66 2019 082 00 $a 973.09/9 $2 23 100 1 $a Knott, Stephen F. $e author. 245 14 $a The lost soul of the American presidency : $b the decline into demagoguery and the prospects for renewal / $c Stephen F. Knott. 263 $a 1910 264 1 $a Lawrence, Kansas : $b University Press of Kansas, $c [2019] 300 $a xvii, 290 pages ; $c 24 cm 520 $a "The American presidency is not what it once was. Elections have become a popularity contest and the president has become the ostensible mouthpiece of the American people. Stephen F. Knott contends that the presidency of popular consent, or the majoritarian presidency, was not intended by Madison, Washington, Hamilton, or almost all the key framers, but more importantly, he argues that this presidency led to precisely what Madison and Hamilton feared most: the rise of demagogic presidencies. The Lost Soul of the American Presidency traces the history of this decline in the nation's executive office that has culminated in the election of Donald Trump. Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson re-founded the office and opened the door to this demagoguery, and their task was completed by a series of twentieth-century presidents, including Woodrow Wilson and Richard Nixon. The price of this demagogic presidency has been paid by minorities of all sorts -- racial, religious, political, and economic. The nation was thus deprived of the president's intended role as unifying head of state, and his constitutional role as neutral enforcer of the laws of the land. But we also have examples of presidents who resisted pandering to public opinion and appealed to the better angels of our nature, notably John Quincy Adams and Abraham Lincoln, who represent the 'lost soul' of presidential leadership that we can still recover"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: The long, declining road -- The founders presidency : Washington, Hamilton, and an office of sober expectations -- The presidency of popular consent : Thomas Jefferson and the "Revolution of 1800" -- Andrew Jackson : "the majority is to govern" -- Abraham Lincoln and the "mobocratic spirit" -- Woodrow Wilson : "to be as big a man as he can" -- FDR and Harry Truman : "give 'em hell" -- Ike and Jack : a study in contrasting presidencies -- The road to degradation -- The apotheosis of the popular presidency : Donald J. Trump -- The prospects for renewal. 650 0 $a Presidents $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Executive power $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Political leadership $z United States $x History. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government. 650 7 $a Executive power. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00917857 650 7 $a Political leadership. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01069363 650 7 $a Politics and government. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919741 650 7 $a Presidents. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01075723 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 941 $a 4 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220317023420.0 952 $l VTPD454 $d 20200903013340.0 952 $l WWPC305 $d 20200211011434.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20200204030905.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F10D3DA6471C11EA8C4E586797128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search