American National Government - POSC 111 Resource Guide

Contemporary presidents face a leadership dilemma. As a consequence of gaps between growing public expectations, dispersed political resources, and limited constitutional and statutory authority, the dilemma presents a continuing challenge for those who occupy the Oval Office, one that they need to overcome if they are to be successful.

When the Founding Fathers created the office of president they labored hard and long to define its powers and the manner in which its holders were to be chosen, but they had little to say about the vice presidency. This does not mean that they considered that office unimportant.

The most controversial political event of the 1990s, the impeachment and Senate trial of President Bill Clinton in 1998–1999 prompted debate over the extent to which the private lives of public officials matter, while also heightening political partisanship and once again calling into question the prudence of the Watergate-inspired position of independent counsel.

A searchable database composed of 100,682 documents related to the study of the Presidency. Find information on every election dating back to 1789.

The official website of the Office of the President of the United States (executive branch).

The Miller Center is a nonpartisan affiliate of the University of Virginia that specializes in presidential scholarship, public policy and political history.

Website by Robert S. Summers
Basic facts about each president.

List of Presidential Libraries and background information about the libraries from the National Archives and Records Administration.

Information about the presidents on the White House website.

As the dust settled from the Revolutionary War, America’s founding fathers hashed out a political system that was entirely novel for an era in which monarchs ruled most countries around the world.

This site "examines the evolution of presidential politics in the United States."