Table of contents for Presidential campaigns : from George Washington to George W. Bush / Paul F. Boller, Jr.

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   Preface  vii
 1. 1789-Starting Off: George Washington  3
 2. 1792-Washington Again   5
 3. 1796-Federalist Succession: John Adams  7
 4. 1800-Republican Takeover: Jefferson's Revolution 10
 5. 1804-Jefferson's Landslide  19
 6. 1808-Madison and the Dambargo     22
 7. 1812-Madison's Wartime Re-election   26
 8. 1816-Monroe: Another Virginia Victory   29
 9. 1820-Monroe's Quiet Re-election   31
 10. 1824-John Quincy Adams and the "Corrupt Bargain"   33
 11. 1828-Jackson vs. Adams   42
 12. 1832-Jackson, Clay, and the Bank War 53
 13. 1836-Van Buren's Victory Over Three Whigs  60
 14. 1840-Tippecanoe and Tyler Too   65
 15. 1844-Polk and Manifest Destiny  78
 16. 1848-Old Zach and the Michigander   84
 17. 1852-Frank Pierce and Old Fuss and Feathers 88
 18. 1856-Buchanan and Bleeding Kansas   91
 19. 1860-Lincoln and the Sectional Crisis 99
 20. 1864-Lincoln and the War Crisis  115




21. 1868-Grant and Reconstruction   123
22. 1872-Grant and the Liberal Republicans  127
23. 1876-The Hayes-Tilden Disputed Election  133
24. 1880-The Triumph of "Boatman Jim" Garfield   142
25. 1884-The Cleveland-Blaine Contest  146
26. 1888-Harrison, Cleveland, and the Tariff 157
27. 1892-Cleveland's Return to Power  162
28. 1896-McKinley, Bryan, and Free Silver  167
29. 1900-The McKinley-Roosevelt Triumph  179
30. 1904-T.R.'s Smashing Victory  183
31. 1908-Taft's Big Victory Over Bryan 187
32. 1912-The High Tide of Progressivism: Wilson, Roosevelt,
    and Taft   191
33. 1916-Wilson and the Great War   202
34. 1920-Harding, Nostrums, and Normalcy  212
35. 1924-Keeping Cool with Coolidge  218
36. 1928-Hoover, Smith, and the Catholic Issue 223
37. 1932-Roosevelt, Hoover, and the Great Depression 231
38. 1936-Roosevelt and the New Deal   240
39. 1940-Roosevelt, Willkie, and the War in Europe 250
40. 1944-Roosevelt's Wartime Mandate   259
41. 1948-The Great Truman Surprise  268
42. 1952-The Eisenhower Landslide  280
43. 1956-Another Eisenhower Landslide  291
44. 1960-Kennedy and the New Frontier  296
45. 1964-LyndonJohnson and the Great Society  308
46. 1968-Nixon, Humphrey, and the Vietnam War  320
47. 1972-Another Nixon Triumph     333
48. 1976-The Triumph of an Outsider: Jimmy Carter   342
49. 1980-The Reagan Victory  354
50. 1984-Another Reagan Sweep     369
51. 1988-Trivial Pursuit: Bush vs. Dukakis 378
52. 1992-Clinton and the Call for Change  387
53. 1996-Bill Clinton and the Vital Center 400