Handy Answer: The Handy Presidents Answer Book

Editor/Author Hudson Jr., David L.
Publication Year: 2011
Publisher: Visible Ink Press

Price: Core Collection Only
ISBN: 978-1-57-859317-0
Category: History - United States -- History
Image Count: 186
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents

Offering an engaging overview of the U.S. presidency and all past presidents, this valuable tome asks a variety of questions, from the trivial to the topical, that further expands one's understanding of America's highest office.

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Table of Contents

  • INTRODUCTION
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • ORIGINS OF THE PRESIDENCY AND OFFICIAL DUTIES
  • Duties and Powers
  • Requirements
  • The White House
  • PARTIES AND PLATFORMS
  • Campaigns and Nominations
  • PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
  • Disputes, Anomalies, and Close-Calls
  • Inaugurations and the First One Hundred Days
  • GEORGE WASHINGTON
  • Early Life and Family
  • Early Career
  • Political Offices
  • Presidency
  • Post Presidency
  • JOHN ADAMS
  • Early Life and Family
  • Early Career
  • Political Offices
  • Presidency
  • Post Presidency
  • THOMAS JEFFERSON
  • Early Life and Family
  • Early Career
  • Political Offices
  • Presidency
  • Post Presidency
  • JAMES MADISON
  • Early Life and Family
  • Early Career
  • Political Offices
  • Presidency
  • Post Presidency
  • JAMES MONROE
  • Early Life and Family
  • Early Career
  • Political Offices
  • Presidency
  • Post Presidency
  • JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
  • Early Life and Family
  • Early Career
  • Political Offices
  • Presidency
  • Post Presidency
  • ANDREW JACKSON
  • Early Life and Family
  • Early Career
  • Political and Military Career
  • Presidency
  • Post Presidency
  • MARTIN VAN BUREN
  • Early Life and Family
  • Early Career
  • Political Offices
  • Presidency
  • Post Presidency
  • WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON
  • Early Life and Family
  • Military Career
  • Political Offices
  • Presidency
  • JOHN TYLER
  • Early Life and Family
  • Early Career
  • Political Offices
  • Presidency
  • Post Presidency
  • JAMES K. POLK
  • Early Life and Family
  • Early Career
  • Political Offices
  • Presidency
  • Post Presidency
  • ZACHARY TAYLOR
  • Early Life and Family
  • Military Career
  • Presidency
  • MILLARD FILLMORE
  • Early Life and Family
  • Early Career
  • Political Offices
  • Presidency
  • Post Presidency
  • FRANKLIN PIERCE
  • Early Life and Family
  • Early Career
  • Political Offices
  • Presidency
  • Post Presidency
  • JAMES BUCHANAN
  • Early Life and Family
  • Early Career
  • Political Offices
  • Presidency
  • Post Presidency
  • ABRAHAM LINCOLN
  • Early Life and Family
  • Early Career
  • Political Offices
  • Presidency
  • Post Presidency
  • ANDREW JOHNSON
  • Early Life and Family
  • Early Career
  • Political Offices
  • Presidency
  • Post Presidency
  • ULYSSES S. GRANT
  • Early Life and Family
  • Military Career
  • Presidency
  • Post Presidency
  • RUTHERFORD B. HAYES
  • Early Life and Family
  • Early Career
  • Political Offices
  • Presidency
  • Post Presidency
  • JAMES A. GARFIELD
  • Early Life and Family
  • Early Career
  • Political Offices
  • Presidency
  • CHESTER A. ARTHUR
  • Early Life and Family
  • Early Career
  • Political Offices
  • Presidency
  • Post Presidency
  • GROVER CLEVELAND
  • Early Life and Family
  • Early Career
  • Political Offices
  • Presidency
  • Post Presidency
  • BENJAMIN HARRISON
  • Early Life and Family
  • Early Career
  • Political Offices
  • Presidency
  • Post Presidency
  • WILLIAM MCKINLEY
  • Early Life and Family
  • Early Career
  • Political Offices
  • Presidency
  • THEODORE ROOSEVELT
  • Early Life and Family
  • Early Career
  • Political Offices
  • Presidency
  • Post Presidency
  • WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT
  • Early Life and Family
  • Early Career
  • Political Offices
  • Presidency
  • Post Presidency
  • WOODROW WILSON
  • Early Life and Family
  • Early Career
  • Presidency
  • Political Offices
  • Post Presidency
  • WARREN G. HARDING
  • Early Life and Family
  • Early Career
  • Political Offices
  • Presidency
  • CALVIN COOLIDGE
  • Early Life and Family
  • Early Career
  • Political Offices
  • Presidency
  • Post Presidency
  • HERBERT HOOVER
  • Early Life and Family
  • Early Career
  • Political Offices
  • Presidency
  • Post Presidency
  • FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT
  • Early Life and Family
  • Early Career
  • Political Offices
  • Presidency
  • HARRY S. TRUMAN
  • Early Life and Family
  • Early Career
  • Political Offices
  • Presidency
  • Post Presidency
  • DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
  • Early Life and Family
  • Military Career
  • Presidency
  • Post Presidency
  • JOHN F. KENNEDY
  • Early Life and Family
  • Early Career
  • Political Offices
  • Presidency
  • LYNDON B. JOHNSON
  • Early Life and Family
  • Early Career
  • Political Offices
  • Presidency
  • Post Presidency
  • RICHARD M. NIXON
  • Early Life and Family
  • Early Career
  • Political Offices
  • Presidency
  • Post Presidency
  • GERALD R. FORD
  • Early Life and Family
  • Early Career
  • Political Offices
  • Presidency
  • Post Presidency
  • JIMMY CARTER
  • Early Life and Family
  • Early Career
  • Political Offices
  • Presidency
  • Post Presidency
  • RONALD REAGAN
  • Early Life and Family
  • Early Career
  • Political Offices
  • Presidency
  • Post Presidency
  • GEORGE H. W. BUSH
  • Early Life and Family
  • Early Career
  • Political Offices
  • Presidency
  • Post Presidency
  • BILL CLINTON
  • Early Life and Family
  • Early Career
  • Political Offices
  • Presidency
  • Post Presidency
  • GEORGE W. BUSH
  • Early Life and Family
  • Early Career
  • Political Offices
  • Presidency
  • Post Presidency
  • BARACK OBAMA
  • Early Life and Family
  • Early Career
  • Political Offices
  • Presidency
  • PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA
  • Age, Birth, and Death
  • States of Birth
  • Family
  • Appearance
  • Education
  • Occupations
  • Sports
  • Military
  • Elections
  • Cabinet
  • Supreme Court
  • Names and Nicknames
  • Assassinations