Louis W. Koenig

Louis W. Koenig is a professor of government at New York University. In 1981 he published a revision of his work The Chief Executive .

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Jobs For The Unemployed: How They Did It The Last Time, August/september 1983 | Vol. 34, No. 5

The First Hurrah, April/may 1980 | Vol. 31, No. 3

Presidential candidates stayed above the battle until William Jennings Bryan stumped the nation in 1896; they’ve been in the thick of it ever since

"Consensus Politics,” 1800–1805, February 1967 | Vol. 18, No. 2

The idea goes back to the very beginnings of our national history. Then as now, it was built upon human relationships, and these—as Mr. Jefferson found to his sorrow—make a fragile foundation.

Peace without victory was the crusade of Clement L. Vallandigham, the volatile extremist spokesman of the antiwar “Copperheads.” Too often his deeds had a suspicious odor of treason

The Rise Of The Little Magician, June 1962 | Vol. 13, No. 4

Martin Van Buren, Andrew Jackson’s right-hand man, was a master of political intrigue who let nothing block his one unwavering ambition—the Presidency. But sometimes he was too smart for his own good

The Election That Got Away, October 1960 | Vol. 11, No. 6

A loophole in the Constitution made it possible for the winner of the popular majority in 1876, Tilden, to lose to Hayes in the electoral college amid bitterness, fraud, and chicanery. It could happen again

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