| Preface | p. vii |
| 1789 Starting Off: George Washington | p. 3 |
| 1792 Washington Again | p. 5 |
| 1796 Federalist Succession: John Adams | p. 7 |
| 1800 Republican Takeover: Jefferson's Revolution | p. 10 |
| 1804 Jefferson's Landslide | p. 19 |
| 1808 Madison and the Dambargo | p. 22 |
| 1812 Madison's Wartime Re-Election | p. 26 |
| 1816 Monroe: Another Virginia Victory | p. 29 |
| 1820 Monroe's Quiet Re-Election | p. 31 |
| 1824 John Quincy Adams and the """"Corrupt Bargain"""" | p. 33 |
| 1828 Jackson Vs. Adams | p. 42 |
| 1832 Jackson, Clay, and the Bank War | p. 53 |
| 1836 Van Buren's Victory over Three Whigs | p. 60 |
| 1840 Tippecanoe and Tyler Too | p. 65 |
| 1844 Polk and Manifest Destiny | p. 78 |
| 1848 Old Zach and the Michigander | p. 84 |
| 1852 Frank Pierce and Old Fuss and Feathers | p. 88 |
| 1856 Buchanan and Bleeding Kansas | p. 91 |
| 1860 Lincoln and the Sectional Crisis | p. 99 |
| 1864 Lincoln and the War Crisis | p. 115 |
| 1868 Grant and Reconstruction | p. 123 |
| 1872 Grant and the Liberal Republicans | p. 127 |
| 1876 the Hayes-Tilden Disputed Election | p. 133 |
| 1880 the Triumph of """"Boatman Jim"""" Garfield | p. 142 |
| 1884 the Cleveland-Blaine Contest | p. 146 |
| 1888 Harrison, Cleveland, and the Tariff | p. 157 |
| 1892 Cleveland's Return to Power | p. 162 |
| 1896 Mckinley, Bryan, and Free Silver | p. 167 |
| 1900 the Mckinley-Roosevelt Triumph | p. 179 |
| 1904 T.R.'s Smashing Victory | p. 183 |
| 1908 Taft's Big Victory over Bryan | p. 187 |
| 1912 the High Tide of Progressivism: Wilson, Roosevelt, and Taft | p. 191 |
| 1916 Wilson and the Great War | p. 202 |
| 1920 Harding, Nostrums, and Normalcy | p. 212 |
| 1924 Keeping Cool with Coolidge | p. 218 |
| 1928 Hoover, Smith, and the Catholic Issue | p. 223 |
| 1932 Roosevelt, Hoover, and the Great Depression | p. 231 |
| 1936 Roosevelt and the New Deal | p. 240 |
| 1940 Roosevelt, Willkie, and the War in Europe | p. 250 |
| 1944 Roosevelt's Wartime Mandate | p. 259 |
| 1948 the Great Truman Surprise | p. 268 |
| 1952 the Eisenhower Landslide | p. 280 |
| 1956 Another Eisenhower Landslide | p. 291 |
| 1960 Kennedy and the New Frontier | p. 296 |
| 1964 Lyndon Johnson and the Great Society | p. 308 |
| 1968 Nixon, Humphrey, and the Vietnam War | p. 320 |
| 1972 Another Nixon Triumph | p. 333 |
| 1976 The Triumph of an Outsider: Jimmy Carter | p. 342 |
| 1980 The Reagan Victory | p. 354 |
| 1984 Another Reagan Sweep | p. 369 |
| 1988 Trivial Pursuit: Bush Vs. Dukakis | p. 378 |
| 1992 Clinton and the Call for Change | p. 387 |
| Notes | p. 401 |
| Index | p. 447 |
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