LEADER 04360nam 2200745 a 450 001 9910788267703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-89858-6 010 $a0-8122-0623-1 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812206234 035 $a(CKB)3170000000046236 035 $a(OCoLC)799989242 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10642746 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000600672 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11350548 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000600672 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10601033 035 $a(PQKB)11596154 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse17506 035 $a(DE-B1597)449550 035 $a(OCoLC)979623092 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812206234 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3441994 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10642746 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL421108 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3441994 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000046236 100 $a20110926d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHow governors built the modern American presidency$b[electronic resource] /$fSaladin M. Ambar 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (200 p.) 225 0 $aHaney Foundation Series 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8122-4396-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe hidden prince: unveiling the presidency's executive narrative -- Emerging executives of the Second Republic, 1876-1912 -- Theodore Roosevelt and the new American executive, 1881-1911 -- An "unconstitutional governor": Woodrow Wilson and the people's executive -- Prince of the Hudson: FDR's Albany executive -- "Undoing the framers' work": executive power and American democracy. 330 $aA governor's mansion is often the last stop for politicians who plan to move into the White House. Before Barack Obama was elected president of the United States, four of his last five predecessors had been governors. Executive experience at the state level informs individual presidencies, and, as Saladin M. Ambar argues, the actions of governors-turned-presidents changed the nature of the presidency itself long ago. How Governors Built the Modern American Presidency is the first book to explicitly credit governors with making the presidency what it is today.By examining the governorships of such presidential stalwarts as Grover Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, political scientist Ambar shows how gubernatorial experience made the difference in establishing modern presidential practice. The book also delves into the careers of Wisconsin's Bob La Follette and California's Hiram Johnson, demonstrating how these governors reshaped the presidency through their activism. As Ambar reminds readers, governors as far back as Samuel J. Tilden of New York, who ran against Rutherford Hayes in the controversial presidential election of 1876, paved the way for a more assertive national leadership. Ambar explodes the idea that the modern presidency began after 1945, instead placing its origins squarely in the Progressive Era.This innovative study uncovers neglected aspects of the evolution of the nation's executive branch, placing American governors at the heart of what the presidency has become-for better or for worse. 606 $aPresidents$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aPresidents$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aExecutive power$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aExecutive power$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aGovernors$zUnited States$xPowers and duties 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1865-1933 610 $aPolitical Science. 610 $aPublic Policy. 615 0$aPresidents$xHistory 615 0$aPresidents$xHistory 615 0$aExecutive power$xHistory 615 0$aExecutive power$xHistory 615 0$aGovernors$xPowers and duties. 676 $a352.230973 700 $aAmbar$b Saladin M$01533073 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910788267703321 996 $aHow governors built the modern American presidency$93858987 997 $aUNINA