03957cam a2200373 i 4500 2579875064 TxAuBib 20251022120000.0 230901s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2024001996 9780197653845 $34.99 0197653847 $34.99 TxAuBib rda Chervinsky, Lindsay M, author. Making the presidency [BOOK] : John Adams and the precedents that forged the republic / Lindsay M. Chervinsky. John Adams and the precedents that forged the republic. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024] ©2024. viii, 426 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-417) and index. A Note on Language -- Introduction -- An address to the people of the United States -- Washington recedes -- The die is cast -- The "sublimest thing" ever exhibited in America -- A scene of ambition -- A dishonorable infidelity -- Expect nothing but the most unqualified injustice -- Not a sixpence! -- Poured in from all quarters -- Massacre the inhabitants -- Decisive measures -- The "majic" of his name -- The tocsin of insurrection -- All evidences that they are sincere -- Solely the president's act -- Struck by a thunderbolt -- The spirit in the city is very high -- A paltry insurrection -- The air of an abdication -- An apple of discord to the federalists -- The late president of the United States, is no more! -- Their gag in my mouth -- Hocus-​pocus maneuvers -- A change in the administration -- The seat of government -- Death or liberty -- The unqualified conviction of his unfitness for the station -- Storms of a new character -- Nothing but a forest and woods along the way -- The prey of anarchy and faction -- The new order of things begins -- Epilogue: May none but honest and wise men. "The United States of 1797 faced enormous challenges, provoked by enemies foreign and domestic. The father of the new nation, George Washington, left his vice president, John Adams, with relatively little guidance and impossible expectations to meet. Adams was confronted with intense partisan divides, debates over citizenship, fears of political violence, potential for foreign conflict with France and Britain, and a nation unsure that the presidency could even work without Washington at the helm. Making the Presidency is an authoritative exploration of the second US presidency, a period critical to the survival of the American republic. Lindsay Chervinsky illustrates the unique challenges faced by Adams and shows how he shaped the office for his successors. One of the most qualified presidents in American history, he had been a legislator, political theorist, diplomat, minister, and vice president--but he had never held an executive position. Instead, the quixotic and stubborn Adams would rely on his ideas about executive power, the Constitution, politics, and the state of the world to navigate the hurdles of the position. He defended the presidency from his own often obstructionist cabinet, protected the nation from foreign attacks, and forged trust and dedication to election integrity and the peaceful transfer of power between parties, even though it cost him his political future.". 20251022. Adams, John 1735-1826 Influence. Washington, George 1732-1799 Influence. Presidents United States History. Cabinet officers United States History 18th century. United States Politics and government 1817-1825. United States Politics and government 1789-1797. Biographies.