Benjamin Harrison: Centennial PresidentBenjamin Harrison was an honest, intelligent, hardworking lawyer from Indiana who became the twenty-third President of the United States. During his term in office, he signed important legislation and provided leadership in negotiating foreign policy, striving to advance the United States toward becoming a world power. The book presents an up-to-date and cogent biography of this president who is now considered one of the better presidents of the late nineteenth century. |
Contents
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Point Farm | 15 |
Higher Education | 19 |
Young Lawyer in Indianapolis | 25 |
The Civil War Years | 31 |
Successful Attorney and State Politician | 47 |
United States Senator | 59 |
Front Porch Campaigner | 69 |
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Benjamin Harrison: Centennial President Anne Chieko Moore,Hester Anne Hale No preview available - 2009 |
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Page vii - Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into actual Service of the United States...
Page viii - shall have the power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment." Every president has realized that each must administer through constitutional principles, as each was elected by the voting majority of the people to be their chief executive through the Electoral College. Each president of the United States "shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur."...
Page viii - As the president directs both the domestic and foreign activities of the government, he has the power to "nominate and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate.... appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the Supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law.
Page xii - EOP continued several effective agencies started earlier: Council of Economic Advisers 1946-, National Security Council 1947-, Council on Environmental Quality 1964-, Office of Management and Budget 1970-, Office of Science and Technology Policy 1976-, Office of Administration 1977-, Office of the US Trade Representative 1981-, Office of Policy Development 1981-, and the Office of National Drug Control Policy 1988-.