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Justices, presidents, and senators : a history of the U.S. Supreme Court appointments from Washington to Clinton
- Title
- Justices, presidents, and senators : a history of the U.S. Supreme Court appointments from Washington to Clinton / Henry J. Abraham.
- Author
- Abraham, Henry J. (Henry Julian), 1921-2020.
- Publication
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c1999.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Abraham, Henry J. (Henry Julian), 1921-2020.
- Description
- xiii, 429 p.; 26 cm.
- Subjects
- Note
- Rev. ed. of: Justices and presidents. 3rd ed. 1992.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-410) and indexes.
- Contents
- Introductory reflections. Of criteria, evaluations, and judgments -- The Nixon era. A turbulent case study -- How they get there. Appointing Supreme Court justices -- Why they get there. Qualifications and rationalizations -- The first forty years. From George Washington to John Quincy Adams, 1789-1829 -- The next forty years. From Andrew Jackson to Andrew Johnson, 1829-1869 -- The balance of the nineenth century: From Ulysses S. Grant to William McKinley, 1869-1901 -- Into the twentieth century. From Theodore Roosevelt to Herbert Hoover, 1901-1933 -- The court alters course. FDR and Truman, 1933-1953 -- The Warren Court. From Ike to LBJ, 1953-1969 -- The Burger Court. From Nixon to Reagan, 1969-1986 -- The Rehnquist Court. Reagan, Bush, and Clinton, 1986- -- Appendix A: Rating Supreme Court justices -- Appendix B: Rating presidents -- Appendix C: Statistical data on Supreme Court justices -- Bibliography. General works -- Works about or by individual justices -- Photo acknowledgments -- Index of cases -- Index of names.
- Call Number
- JBF 10-151
- ISBN
- 0847696049 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0847696057 (paper : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 99023000
- OCLC
- 41026527
- Author
- Abraham, Henry J. (Henry Julian), 1921-2020.
- Title
- Justices, presidents, and senators : a history of the U.S. Supreme Court appointments from Washington to Clinton / Henry J. Abraham.
- Imprint
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c1999.
- Edition
- New and rev. ed., [4th ed.]
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-410) and indexes.
- Added Author
- Abraham, Henry J. (Henry Julian), 1921-2020. Justices and presidents.
- Research Call Number
- JBF 10-151