The Evolving Presidency: Landmark Documents, 1787–2010, 4th Edition

The Evolving Presidency: Landmark Documents, 1787-2010, 4th Edition
Michael Nelson, Rhodes College
Editor

Remind your students that primary sources are an essential part of today's information rich age. With Michael Nelson's fourth edition of The Evolving Presidency, more than 50 documents help to anchor the ever-changing presidency in historical context. Seeing how presidents shape U.S. history through both word and deed, students encounter a range of documents- from speeches and debates to letters and landmark Supreme Court decisions. Every selection has its own headnote that is carefully crafted to convey the significance of the document during its own time and its lasting effects on the office of the presidency.

Documents new to this edition:

Preface: A User's Guide to The Evolving Presidency
1. The Constitution (1787)
2. Letters of Cato, No. 4 (1787)
3. The Federalist Papers, Nos. 69-73 (1788)
4. George Washington's First Inaugural Address (1789)
5. James Madison's Defense of the President's Removal Power (1789)
6. The Pacificus-Helvidius Letters (1793)
7. George Washington's Farewell Address (1796)
8. Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address (1801)
9. Thomas Jefferson's Letter to the Vermont Legislature (1807)
10. The Monroe Doctrine (1823)
11. The Tennessee General Assembly's Protest against the Caucus System (1823)
12. Andrew Jackson's First Message to Congress (1829)
13. Andrew Jackson's Veto of the Bank Bill (1832)
14. Abraham Lincoln's Letter to Albert G. Hodges (1864)
15. The Gettysburg Address (1863)
16. Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address (1865)
17. Ex Parte Milligan (1866)
18. Articles of Impeachment against Andrew Johnson (1868)
19. The Pendleton Act (1883)
20. Theodore Roosevelt's and William Howard Taft's Theories of Presidential Power (1913, 1916)
21. Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points (1918)
22. The Teapot Dome Resolution (1924)
23. Myers v. United States (1926)
24. Franklin D. Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address (1933)
25. Humphrey's Executor v. United States (1935)
26. United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp. (1936)
27. Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Court-Packing" Address (1937)
28. Report of the Brownlow Committee (1937)
29. Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v. Sawyer (1952)
30. Dwight D. Eisenhower's Little Rock Executive Order (1957)
31. John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address (1961)
32. The Cuban Missile Crisis: John F. Kennedy's Letter to Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev (1962)
33. John F. Kennedy's Civil Rights Address (1963)
34. Lyndon B. Johnson's "Great Society" Speech (1964)
35. Lyndon B. Johnson's Gulf of Tonkin Message (1964)
36. Richard Nixon's China Trip Announcement (1971)
37. The McGovern-Fraser Commission Report (1971)
38. The War Powers Resolution (1973)
39. Proposed Articles of Impeachment against Richard Nixon (1974)
40. United States v. Nixon (1974)
41. Gerald R. Ford's Pardon of Richard Nixon (1974)
42. Walter F. Mondale's Memo to Jimmy Carter on the Role of the Vice President (1976)
43. Jimmy Carter's "Crisis of Confidence" Speech (1979)
44. Ronald Reagan's First Inaugural Address (1981)
45. Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Chadha (1983)
46. Bill Clinton's Third State of the Union Address (1996)
47. Clinton v. City of New York (1998)
48. Articles of Impeachment against Bill Clinton (1998)
49. Bush v. Gore (2000)
50. George W. Bush's War on Terrorism Address (2001)
51. The Bush Doctrine (2002)
52. George W. Bush's Signing Statement for the Defense Supplemental Appropriations Act (2005)
53. Hamdan v. Rumsfeld (2006)
54. Barack Obama's Campaign Speech on Race in America (2008)
55. Barack Obama's Health Care Address (2009)
Topical Guide to the Documents