Episode list

The American President

Family Ties

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
American political dynasties; John Quincy Adams; Benjamin Harrison; Franklin D. Roosevelt; John F. Kennedy.
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Happenstance

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
John Tyler; Millard Fillmore; Andrew Johnson; Chester Arthur; Harry Truman.
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The American Way
Limiting the federal government's power; Thomas Jefferson; Calvin Coolidge; Herbert Hoover; Ronald Reagan.
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The World Stage

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
Limiting the federal government's power; James Monroe; William McKinley; Woodrow Wilson; George Bush.
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The Heroic Posture
Military men who would later serve in the Oval Office, including George Washington, William Henry Harrison, Ulysses S. Grant and Dwight Eisenhower.
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Compromise Choices
The performances of presidents elected as the lesser of two evils, including Franklin Pierce, James Garfield, Warren G. Harding and Gerald Ford.
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Expanding Power

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
Presidents who expanded, and even exceeded, the powers of their office, including Andrew Jackson, Grover Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt and Richard Nixon.
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The Balance of Power
Examining the flexible system of checks and balances through presidencies of James Madison, James Polk, William Howard Taft and William Jefferson Clinton.
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