Title: Executive privilege : two centuries of White House scandals /
Authors: Mitchell, Jack, 1950-
Publisher: Hippocrene Books,
Year: 1992
Subjects: Presidents United States History; Political corruption United States History; United States Politics and government.
Abstract: From the padded expense accounts of George Washington to the memorable gaffes of Ronald Reagan, here is a rollicking account of the sins, slips, and peccadilloes of our chief executives. Sometimes irreverent, but never irrelevant, it chronicles the human aspects of two hundred years of presidential leadership: the trials and temptations suffered by the Founding Fathers and their successors, and the impact that their personal, medical, and sexual lives had upon the.
Contents: 1. Colonial Capers: George Washington -- John Quincy Adams March 1789 -- March 1829 -- 2. An Old Hero for a Troubled Age: Andrew Jackson -- James K. Polk March 1829 -- March 1844 -- 3. The Spoils of a Dividing Nation: Zachary Taylor -- Andrew Johnson March 1844 -- March 1869 -- 4. Grant's Grabbag, Rutherfraud, and Big Steve's Baby: U.S. Grant -- William McKinley March 1869 -- September 1901 -- 5. The Era of the Muckrakers: Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft September 1901 -- March 1913 -- 6. Presidential Amorists and a Teapot Tempest: Woodrow Wilson -- Herbert Hoover March 1913 -- March 1933 -- 7. The Presidential Plotter: Franklin Delano Roosevelt March 1933 -- April 1945 -- 8. Taking Hell Harry: Harry S. Truman April 1945 -- January 1953 -- 9. Gifts for the General: Dwight D. Eisenhower January 1953 -- January 1961 -- 10. The Playboy President: John F. Kennedy January 1961 -- November 1963 -- 11. Tall Tales From Texas: Lyndon B. Johnson November 1963 -- January 1969 -- 12. High Crimes and Misdemeanors: Richard M. Nixon January 1969 -- August 1974 -- 13. Ford's Follies: Gerald R. Ford August 1974 -- January 1977 -- 14. The Peanut Preacher: James E. Carter January 1977 -- January 1981 -- 15. The Teflon President: Ronald W. Reagan January 1981 -- January 1989.