Ralph Ketchum looks back at the early years of the American presidency and shows how a conceptual change occurs with the arrival of the 7th United States President, Andrew Jackson. His overview of the first six presidents shows how the framework for the presidency was established. The arrival of President Andrew Jackson forever changed the idea of the President of the United States. To this day, some aspects of the original conceptualization and Jackson’s remain in the presidency today. To understand the origin of the American presidency, one must first look at the first President of the United States, George Washington. George Washington today still stands as one of the best leaders the United States has ever had, militarily and presidentially.
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He kept many Jacksonians in the cabinet positions in his administration, while also seemingly ignoring political parties. He viewed national programs above partisanship, and was a big supporter of special interest groups to create this idea of public service. Adams strategy was heavily criticized by Jefferson, and thought his ideas were creating an unlimited government. What Adams left behind in his legacy was the power of the President to push more personal agenda, beyond the political party …show more content…
Washington’s idea of having a leader with a strong and energetic perception is something that still is important today. Barack Obama in 2008 was seen as a young candidate that would bring a lot of new strong ideas, while also having a energetic spirit. He used that through is campaign run in 2008. Jefferson’s idea of expanding the power of the United States and increasing the influence of the nation is also something that is still seen today. Every election, the opposing political party from the Presidents’ claim that the United States is not as powerful under the current leader, and that other nations are not scared of us anymore. These are scare tactics by the political parties are used because American’s do not like the idea of the United States being weak. Despite those, and a few others, still remaining in today’s presidency, the important issue of “President above party” is one that has been lost for quite some time
He kept many Jacksonians in the cabinet positions in his administration, while also seemingly ignoring political parties. He viewed national programs above partisanship, and was a big supporter of special interest groups to create this idea of public service. Adams strategy was heavily criticized by Jefferson, and thought his ideas were creating an unlimited government. What Adams left behind in his legacy was the power of the President to push more personal agenda, beyond the political party …show more content…
Washington’s idea of having a leader with a strong and energetic perception is something that still is important today. Barack Obama in 2008 was seen as a young candidate that would bring a lot of new strong ideas, while also having a energetic spirit. He used that through is campaign run in 2008. Jefferson’s idea of expanding the power of the United States and increasing the influence of the nation is also something that is still seen today. Every election, the opposing political party from the Presidents’ claim that the United States is not as powerful under the current leader, and that other nations are not scared of us anymore. These are scare tactics by the political parties are used because American’s do not like the idea of the United States being weak. Despite those, and a few others, still remaining in today’s presidency, the important issue of “President above party” is one that has been lost for quite some time