Title America's political dynasties : from Adams to Clinton / Stephen Hess

Published Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 760 pages) : illustrations Contents The dynastic impulse -- The Adams dynasty -- The Lee dynasty -- The Livingston dynasty -- The Washburn dynasty -- The Muhlenberg dynasty -- The Roosevelt dynasty -- The Harrison dynasty -- The Breckinridge dynasty -- The Bayard dynasty -- The Taft dynasty -- The Frelinghuysen dynasty -- The Tucker dynasty -- The Stockton dynasty -- The Long dynasty -- The Lodge dynasty -- The Kennedy dynasty -- The Bush dynasty -- The Clinton dynasty -- Epilogue : ending in mid-sentence Summary America was founded in rebellion against nobility and inherited status. Yet from the start, dynastic families have been conspicuous in national politics. The Adamses. The Lodges. The Tafts. The Roosevelts. The Kennedys. And today the Bushes and the Clintons. Longtime presidential historian Stephen Hess offers an encyclopedic tour of the families that have loomed large over America's political history. Starting with John Adams, who served as the young nation's first vice president and earned the nickname "His Rotundity," Hess paints the portraits of the men and women who, by coincidence, connivance, or sheer sense of duty, have made up America's political elite. There are the well-known dynasties such as the Roosevelts and the Kennedys, and the names that live on only in history books, such as the Bayards (six generations of U.S. senators) and the Breckinridges (a vice president, two senators, and six representatives). Hess fills the pages of America's Political Dynasties with anecdotes and personality-filled stories of the families who have given the United States more than a fair share of its presidents, senators, governors, ambassadors, and cabinet members. This book also tells us the stories of the Bushes and what looks to be a political dynasty in waiting, the Clintons. Emblematic of America's growing diversity, Hess also examines how women, along with ethnic and racial minorities, have joined the ranks of dynastic political families. -- Amazon.com Notes Revised edition of America's political dynasties, published in 1997 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Politicians -- Family relationships -- United States Politicians -- United States -- Biography POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture. HISTORY -- United States -- 19th Century. Politicians Politicians -- Family relationships Politics and government Politische Elite Politische Führung Dynastie Familie Politik SUBJECT United States -- Biography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139912 United States -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140410 Subject United States USA Genre/Form Biographies Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780815727101 0815727100 9780815727118 0815727119

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