The Constitutional Convention -- Creating the presidency -- The presidency of George Washington -- The rise of party politics and Thomas Jefferson -- The age of Andrew Jackson -- The presidency of Abraham Lincoln -- Andrew Johnson to William McKinley -- The presidencies of Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft -- Woodrow Wilson and the defense of popular leadership -- The Harding era -- Franklin D. Roosevelt to Dwight D. Eisenhower -- John F. Kennedy to Jimmy Carter -- Ronald Reagan and George Bush -- Bill Clinton and the modern Presidency -- The Vice Presidency