This course is an examination of the political and constitutional development of the office of president from the Founding era through the Civil War. It focuses on how the presidency shaped American political life as the country grew and struggled with rising sectional tensions.
Instructors: Jeremy D. Bailey is Assistant Professor of Political Science at University of Houston, and is the author of Thomas Jefferson and Executive Power. Stephen Knott is Professor of Strategy at the U.S. Naval War College. He is the author of Alexander Hamilton and the Persistence of Myth; Secret and Sanctioned: Covert Operations and the American Presidency; and The Reagan Years.